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Gorbachev to use Berlin Wall festivities to 'defend Putin'
telegraph / afp ^ | 11-6-2014

Posted on 11/07/2014 6:08:11 AM PST by Citizen Zed

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Thursday he would seek to defend Vladimir Putin's policies when he travels to Germany for ceremonies commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall this week.

Gorbachev, who is praised for his decision not to use force to quell uprisings in Eastern Europe, allowing the Berlin Wall to fall, said that Washington did Moscow wrong and Putin was the best man for the job of protecting the country's interests.

This weekend Gorbachev, 83, is scheduled to take part in the festivities commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a potent symbol of the Cold War, amid a dramatic confrontation between Moscow and the West.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: berlinwall; gorbachev; putin; putinsbuttboys; ukrainecrisis
I thought Gorbachev almost died last month.


1 posted on 11/07/2014 6:08:11 AM PST by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed; SunkenCiv; LUV W; yldstrk
Just Saying: http://youtu.be/oVZjyyAE-78?t=30m34s
2 posted on 11/07/2014 6:15:20 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: Citizen Zed

I thought Gorbachev died a while ago. I’m glad he didn’t since he’s now showing his Western media admirers his true, Communist stripes.


3 posted on 11/07/2014 6:27:53 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Citizen Zed
Gorbachev, who is praised for his decision not to use force to quell uprisings in Eastern Europe

What? Tell that to the Lithuanians.

4 posted on 11/07/2014 6:31:45 AM PST by SeeSharp
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To: Citizen Zed

Will Western Liberal sycophants finally realize that they’ve been had?

Hook. Line. Sinker.


5 posted on 11/07/2014 6:32:14 AM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Citizen Zed

0bama to Berliners: “You didn’t tear down that wall”.


6 posted on 11/07/2014 6:38:53 AM PST by shove_it (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
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