http://youtu.be/5ZgBKc78zMI

I very much enjoyed the words and insight of this senior Russian statesman, who tells it like it is... VERY CLEARLY.

Published on Dec 19, 2014
The Ukrainian issue has intensified the tension that existed between the West and Russia: now, another Cold War is possibly lurking on the horizon. Are we to witness another stand-off - or will it be averted? The relations between Russia and the West seem to be stuck at dead-end, so is there hope common ground will emerge between the two? We ask these questions to the man who prides himself on ending the Cold War, the last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, on Sophie&Co today.

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Read the full transcript here: http://on.rt.com/i653m9