Amb. McFaul: Mikhail Gorbachev was ‘one of the most important figures of the 20th century’
05:10
Share this -
copied
Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the legacy of the late Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union who helped bring about the end of the Cold War. Gorbachev was “one of the most important figures of the 20th century,” says McFaul, both for what he did and did not do. McFaul explains that Gorbachev didn’t “stop the East Germans from tearing down the wall with the West Germans in 1989,” and he “most certainly didn't stop the Soviet Union from collapsing. And that, I think, we all have to be grateful for.”Aug. 31, 2022
UP NEXT
'Process is the punishment': Hush money trial is 'deeply unpleasant' for Trump
06:16
'Loud and clear' this is 'election fraud': Weissman on Trump's hush money trial
08:00
Trump lawyers begin cross-examination of Stormy Daniels' former attorney
02:38
Likely the 'last' ceasefire deal 'on the table': Rep. Schneider on Blinken meeting with Netanyahu
05:24
Students 'extremely disturbed' by arrests made at Columbia University amid anti-war protests
07:25
'Complicated Rubik's cube of diplomacy': Biden facing backlash over Israel policy