>>>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96O1IMO0&show_article=1
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>>It's hard to disagree with Gorbachev. Many things in the Putin regime do seem like a return to the totalitarian days, exactly what Gorbachev rebelled against.
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>What I found the most amazing is that he made those comments publicly. Now that is freedom of speech! :o)

Have you seen the magazine ad with Gorbachev sitting next to a piece of that fancy pants luggage? (Louis Vuitton?) Now there is a somewhat startling image, even for a reformer.