Gorbachev warns of new cold war, calls to stop building fences around Russia
Soviet Union’s first and only president, Mikhail Gorbachev, said in an interview with TASS on Monday that the world is witnessing signs of a new cold war and called to stop building fences around Russia.
“And now, it should not be like that,” Gorbachev stressed. “Fences are being built around us, which push towards an anti-Russian way. Even Germany which after reunification presented itself very well and called for renovation, is now just on the brink of a split. And now nothing takes place without the presence and a push from America,” Gorbachev said.
“Now the signs of cold war have again emerged. This whole process may and needs to be stopped. It was stopped in the 1980s. And we opted for deescalation and reunification (of Germany - TASS). Back then it was harsher than today. And now we can also do this,” Gorbachev said.