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loving wife from cancer in 1999, left. him devastated. here's what he wrote after she died in a german clinic. oh, the agenda jump in the former soviet attache on cultural affairs in the u. s. recalls the close bonds that gorbachev shared with his wife, saying people who personally knew the couple admired both of them to look the not extremely because he didn't show he looked as the normal human being took in to us. i accompanied teresa machine. you're going to love it shows are very close to each other and they think so much, you know, was the cation in shallow sissy. and the,
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this important subject, a thing that she to, she was very important piece life. we won the he learned something from hugh or no, no, it was a good example. it was a good example. he same. it was a good example. i think for all of us all to get more on this now. we cross live to our correspondent peter scott. joining us here in the studio in moscow. i peter. so what do we know so far about gorbachev's death? well, certainly a huge story. the last soviet leader was 91. when he died i russia central clinical also said the doctor, a serious and protracted disease. now he's death probably isn't a surprise. we do know that he was struggling with serious health problems and was in and out of hospital for quite some time in the burn up to today. and there's been an outpouring of condolences for gorbachev the criminal spokesperson, dmitri cas golf said the president, putin has expressed his deepest condolences and he's expected to contact
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gorbachev's friends on family to morrow. the u. k pm boys, johnson said that you had my it. how gorbachev's, courage, and integrity and the you present us live on the line was praised him as a trusted and respected leader with an unforgettable legacy. now what we're talking about the legacy, i think it's fair to say it's a pretty mixed bag in the west. he's seen very much as this progressive reforming carried, who brought about an air of hope and opened up russia. obviously, he signed arms reduction treaties with the u. s. he brought around the unification of germany and so on. and of course, a peaceful end to the cold war. he was a ward of nobel peace prize in 994 quotes. his leading role he played in the radical changes in east west relations. but over here in rush, i think it's fair to say that his legacy isn't quite so rosy. many people in the country blame him for the economic turbulence that was brought around by his reforms class, nist and perestroika openness and restructuring. and of course,
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the plunging living standards that was brought about by them. obviously the ninety's was certainly a wild period for russian. the country is certainly an economic chaos. and it's no secret as well. the president putin has described, the collapse of the soviet union is the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century. it's expected that the former soviet leader, he will be buried in the nova d v g cemetery next to his wife. right. so you mentioned died in 1999 of leukemia and he missed, of course, solely. and in 1991, obviously there was a collapse. so he did make try to make a new the for re into politics in 96. but we only received half a percentage of the votes in the president selections as well. since then, you mainly focused on educational and humanitarian projects. obviously, i'll bring you more on go visuals, death as, and when we get it at our tea. peter scott, thanks
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a lot for bringing us those details. all now we're going to cross live to our guest, dan co valez who teaches international human rights at the university of pittsburgh . he is at the school of law and he's also the author of the plot to scapegoat russia. thanks a lot for joining us on the program. now many western politicians have already expressed condolences over gorbachev's death. what would you say about the loss of this historic individual? well, i would say that it makes sense for the western leaders to st condolences. he was a darling in the west. he did exactly what the west hoped they would do and that was destroy the. ready soviet union, he oversaw the collapse of the soviet union. we know later he said that he had always intended to destroy communism. and he accomplished it. much to the chagrin of the soviet people, there was a referendum held throughout the soviet union earlier in 1991. and i think it was
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the spring of $991.00, which i think it was like 78 percent of the soviet citizens said they wanted to maintain the soviet union. notwithstanding that gorbachev. and of course, boris yeltsin oversaw the collapse of the soviet union. and a 2000000 people died as a result of the collapse. and that is why gorbachev now is one of the most unpopular leaders russia has ever had. when you look at poll after poll, he's one of the most unpopular leaders. but in the west, again, he's a darling because he brought you know, unfettered capitalism to russia and the former soviet republics, he allowed the former soviet union to be looted of assets and resources. so yeah, of course he's held as a, as a hero in the west, but where he comes from,
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he's largely seen is a villain. and in his own words, he did it all in return for bringing pizza hut go to russia. mean in the end, he is a, a tragic figure in my view, that's the kindest way to put where you mentioned the, you know, 2000000 people dying as a result of the fall, the soviet union could even were more specific in terms of what events led to those deaths. well again, because there was no preparation you had in the soviet union and within the eastern block of very integrated economies. and when it all collapse, there was no plan. and meanwhile, you had both a russian oligarchs. in addition to western oligarchs who looted the country of resources,
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who privatized public factories and businesses, took them for themselves, leaving the people, the soviet republics are with very little and the economies collapsed. and again, 2000000 people died prematurely from economic dislocation from hunger. this was a disaster. this isn't discuss much in the west, but the people in the former soviet union are very painfully aware of what happened . again, it's been estimated about 2000000 people died and it shows, you know, one gorbachev as you mentioned, tried to run for office later he got half a percentage of the vote. i mean, he is a villain in the former soviet union. he failed those people. yeah. he did the bidding of the west, but he failed his own people. and so to me,
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i agree with the quote and i know it's been attributed to pollutant, but it's been attributed to others that the collapse of the soviet union was the greatest tragedy of the 20th century. and i agree with that. i think there was a lot of chance to do something with the soviet union to do some reform, which it seemed. gorbachev was trying to do in his 1st few years. but instead, he dismantled the whole thing and it not only led to this crisis in the east, it led to a crisis in the west because a lot of western firms then went to the former east block in former soviet union took advantage of cheap labor. there and her workers in the west. there was a famous story, in fact, the president at that time, or the chancellor,
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i should say, of west germany at the time. gorbachev one deville to visit him. i believe the chancellor's name was willie bryant and he was a social democrat. gorman tried, tried to visit him and brant wouldn't visit him and shake his hand because he felt that the collapse of the block and the soviet union was going to hurt his own people, going to hurt his own workers. you know, there was the same. in fact, in west germany, amongst the unions that the, when they went to the bargaining table, it was them against the company. but they also had another partner helping them, helping the union job in the workers. and that was east germany, that that leverage helped the people west germany. and i think in truth, the east block and so that you need, in many ways the leverage they created help the people, the west men. they didn't realize it. and joe was too late and everyone suffered another example of how the collapses. so eating hurt. the world was in
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south africa, you know, it was collapsing when nelson mandela was taking power and basically because of the classes. so we, in, in the a n c gave up any attempts to bring economic justice to south africa, which was a huge part of their platform. but they knew without the support of the soviet union, they thought without the support of the soviet, they couldn't bring that about without some huge backlash. and so they gave it up. but now you see south africa. yeah. as opposed to apartheid. but it is still an economically stratified country. in some ways, you know, black south africans are, is worse off or even worse off than they were under a part, died because of the concessions made by men del, on the n. c. a lot of them in response to the collapse of the soviet union. so
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again, this is probably way beyond what you want to hear, but the, this is the huge effects of the collapse of the soviet union. gorbachev was a huge architect that collapse and it is a disaster. we continue to feel that disaster now in ukraine. i just can't say enough frankly, bad about his legacy. i dan kovachick, thanks a lot for joining us on the program. thank you. more of our special coverage of the death of the last leader of the soviet union is coming throughout the day. but we will bring you some other news from around the globe after the short break. blue with the mobile blog post that to make sure i can keep
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on a late, what insurance or somebody just to make a visit with with only one main thing is important for not isn't internationally speaking to that is that nation's allowed to do anything all the mazda races, and then you have the minor nation. so all the slaves, americans, brock obama and others have had a concept of american exceptionalism. international law exist as long as it serves the american interest. if it doesn't, it doesn't exist by turning those russians into this dangerous go. you man, that wants to take over the world. that was a conscious strategy and walked out of it on your own. i not
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leashed off tim zip on and tablet block. nato said it's ours. we moved east. the reason us, hey jim, it is so dangerous, is it deny the sovereignty of all the countries? the exceptionalism that america uses and its international war planning is one of the greatest threats to the populations of different nations. if nature, what is bad that shareholders in united states and elsewhere in large obs companies would lose millions and millions or is business and business is good. and that is the reality of what we're facing, which is fashion a welcome back to the program now to iraq, where at least 30 people have reportedly been killed and over 700 wounded in clashes between protesters authorities in the green zone of baghdad.
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the. 6 protestors stormed government offices on monday in support of leading opposition, shia cleric, mac tada outsider, who announced his final retirement from politics, submit a power struggle in the country. earlier on tuesday, the cleric urge to supporters to leave the streets within an hour. the militant protest are starting to disperse shortly after your local journalist, post, and beale with the latest from baghdad. after a master class, which lawsuit for 16 hours. not good. now, with this account, after the speech of looked off, saw to withdraw the processors from the green zone, stopping the fire display for us and with heavy flashes. heavy fire locks. now the security forces cleaning the,
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i'm for doing all that he was backed up all the flight the security forces working on opening the streets to reduce the thrust or jump on the back that in people to bring life back. as before, this, spite of the conflict politician conflict between the leadership looked at our father and the cord initial frame war. the unrest again as outsiders followers storms, the republican palace, key meeting place for rocky heads of state and foreign dignitaries. units of the regular iraqi army have been deployed across baghdad with the states forces using live bullets in here, gas to disperse the crowds. the latest unrest was sparked when you've taught all. stutter announced he is putting political life and closing his offices. as party has been unable to form a government, despite having won the largest number of the federal elections last october,
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outsiders supporters have been protesting in support of his call for a new national tut i'll solder is the founder of the sa, dressed movement, iraq's leading. she a political group, he became a symbol of resistance to the us led invasion in 2003, and helped form a militia to fight american troops during their occupation of iraq. is also wanted by the u. s. government over his a legend role in the killing of a washington back. she arrival in 2003 in the wake of the american invasion and occupation of his country. more towel solder went on the record with some damning criticism of washington. bush reportedly said that his picture will be hung in every iraqi house. no, no, my dear, your picture is now under iraqi. the popularity the united states is diminishing day by day. if not every 2nd. we reject the presence of the american army, or even the coming by the us forces we reject them. we do
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this as an act of occupation and now to ukraine, where 1200 of key of troops have been killed in a failed offensive in the countries south. that's according to russia's defense ministry. moscow says the ukrainians last 48 tanks and almost 100 other armored vehicles after trying to advance on 3 fronts at once and being beaten back by russian led forces. the botched offensive is said to have been personally ordered by president vladimir as the lensky encampment intensified ukrainian shelling of civilian infrastructure and southern regions which are now controlled by russia. in one of the latest ukrainian attacks, a key bridge was hit in the heart of san region. this unverified amateur footage appears to show the immediate aftermath of the bombing and the bridge is mainly used by civilians. local authorities have set up an alternative pontoon bridge to help get people across,
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but it has also been shelled by the ukrainian military and in the neighboring upper osha region, local official se ukraine has once again shells the city of and goldar on your screen is the aftermath of a previous attack, which one did 10 people on sunday and our go to our is the city, where are these upper ocean nuclear power plant is located, which is expected to be visited by a delegation from the international atomic energy agency later this week. that's after the facility has been bombed multiple times with russia blaming ukraine for attacking the site which could spark a nuclear disaster. we got reaction from some of the residents of enter go dar. this is of this is horrifying. i have no words. this is over the top, they're just shelling civilians. this is complete lawlessness. we'll see it though, unless you look after the explosions and fires we began to look around. i found these shell fragments and there is a hole on the 2nd floor where i found even more fragments, which have been sent to law enforcement authorities. and now to the done yes for
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a public where at least 2 civilians have been killed and 8 more injured after ukrainian shelling of residential areas that's according to local authorities. is also being reported that keeps forces have used nato's 155 millimeter artillery shells and the attack number of residential buildings and kindergartens have been hit. on the center of daniel city, a center of slavic culture took heavy damage. as ortiz, roman culture of reports, ukrainian nationalists continue to target civilians and civilian infrastructure quite a lot of destruction in donetta on tuesday. right now, we're just outside of the done netscape, slavic culture center. this is the point of impact where according to authorities, 155 millimeter shell, landed destruction is everywhere, holding buildings war blown out. the strike took place at around 6 o'clock in the
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morning. thankfully, there were no people here at this time. but when this center, it is a full, it's a home to at least 800 people who come here to learn about slavic culture. lou ah, let us use lou. this is probably being done to destroy some sorts of cultural foundations. this is the center of slavic culture. after all, we have around $400.00 students here in a total of 15 groups with people from the age of $480.00. various crowded events have always been held here. so maybe they just don't like something about our culture and values. hey, this is
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a hospital number 14 in the patrol school district of the nest kits located basically are right on the front line. and it's the 1st medical facility to take in wounded civilians. right now. i will speak to 2 people who were wounded today as the result of ukrainian shelley. bye yes, yes. i went to buy food from my poultry. a tank drove by 3 shells were fired at it from the ukrainian side, and then out of nowhere grad rocket launchers, fires, cluster bombs, to fill a freshness i had just woken up and gone out to open the door. when the impact came without warning. i was stunned then i ran back inside and saw that my arm was all covered in blood. this hospital, his work in 247 to save locals from wont that were inflicted on them by the ukranian nationalist. as you can see, there's still accepting patients right now as we speak while we were
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working here, incense shilling, continued, and we were advised to leave the area as soon as possible from on call for a marty the nest people's republic. more news after the short break blue mustang before the morning. my dear, you know more, there was a call which in there, but at the moment, i know, but there isn't any. it was just on the horse. don't get him in a residential i'm. i'm just needing someone did his deal, it, but everybody lives images to them. that's really capital e, a natural national says what understand my see if my sheena,
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