“Some may say that one should not slacken the reins, that the country does not need new democratic experiments, that the nation needs strong power. However, strong power may often become powerless if it exists on its own. One need to provide real support for people. Putin sensed the most important thing that people wanted – the retrieval of stability and state structure. That is why he gained such a support. Today, when it is necessary to solve more complicated and truly historical goals, one will need another level of feedback between the state and the society,” Gorbachev says.
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In his opinion, changes in the organization of presidential, parliamentary and gubernatorial elections are necessary.
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1985 until its collapse in 1991. His attempts at reform - perestroika and glasnost - as well as summit conferences with United States President Ronald Reagan, contributed to the end of the Cold War, and also ended the political supremacy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. Gorbachev is currently the leader of the Union of Social-Democrats, a political party founded after the official dissolution of the Social Democratic Party of Russia on October 20, 2007.
Translated by Dmitry Sudakov
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