You Are Fortunate To Live Here. If

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.

Many People Who Live In Big Countries Like Ours Thought That We Had Resources That Would Work For Us For Many, Many Years, But That Was A Mistake. Our Natural Wealth Corrupted Us. In This Country, You Were Among The First To Raise Environmental Issues. In Russia, Despite All Of Its Problems Today, People Are Concerned About The Environment, And It's Become A Central Issue On The Agenda.

New Approaches Are Needed, New Orientations In Both Thought And Action. We Must Make The Transition To A New Civilization...we Are Talking Of A Transition Toward A New Civilization. No One Knows What It Will Be Like. What Is Important Is To Orient In That Direction... I Am Convinced That A New Civilization Will Inevitably Take On Certain Features That Are Characteristic Of, Or Inherent In, The Socialist Ideal.

What We're Talking About Is Creating New Forms Of Life On The Basis Of New Values.

Politics Is My Second Love, Next To My Love For Raisa [gorbacheva].