It Is My Firm Belief That The

Some Think That Russia Should Become A Kind Of A U.s. Province, Where It Should Supply Natural Resources To The United States And The Rest Of The World. But These People Ignore One Very Important Thing: The Russian People Will Never Agree To This Scenario. Russia Is Ultimately A Self-sufficient Country.

We Are Not Abandoning Our Convictions, Our Philosophy Or Traditions, Nor Do We Urge Anyone To Abandon Theirs.

Sometimes People Ask Me Why I Began Perestroika. Were The Causes Basically Domestic Or Foreign? The Domestic Reasons Were Undoubtedly The Main Ones, But The Danger Of Nuclear War Was So Serious That It Was A No Less Significant Factor.

I Certainly Wouldn't Say That We Loved The Arms Race. Trillions Of Dollars Were Used To Stoke It. For Our Economy, Which Was Smaller In Size Than The American Economy, It Was A Burden. But One Cannot Agree With The Statement That The Arms Race Played The Key Role In The Collapse Of The Soviet Union.

Without Glasnost There Is Not, And There Cannot Be, Democratism, The Political Creativity Of The Masses And Their Participation In Management.