Bush Sr. congratulated Gorbachev: 80 years-"This is not at all scary"

Former US President George Bush Sr. congratulated Mikhail Gorbachev on the anniversary, noting in his message that “80 years are not scary”, and in the case of Gorbachev “there can be no talk of old age”. Bush himself in June will be 87, at 85 on his birthday he jumped with a parachute, ITAR-TASS notes.

In turn, the former US Ambassador to Moscow, Jack Mattlock, congratulating Gorbachev in writing, emphasized that as the President of the USSR Gorbachev helped "put an end to the confrontations of the" Cold War "and the split of Europe into antagonistic blocs", "liberated his country from the regime that oppressed its regime." The current support of Gorbachev democracy and the “peaceful settlement of internal and international disputes” continues, according to Matlock, to “inspire” the United States.

In his “personal, family and friendly celebration” on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Gorbachev, from his words, “the chiefs of all invited the most important”, about 300 guests are expected. But, Gorbachev noted, "they will come - they will not come, their business."

At the end of January, the exhibition “Mikhail Gorbachev was opened in the Manege. Perestroika. " The other day in Berlin, Gorbacheva personally congratulated the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who emphasized that Gorbachev "made it possible to make a peaceful revolution in the GDR." On March 30, London will host the Gala Gorbi-80 gala concert, which, in particular, are invited to the British Queen Elizabeth II, ex-president Bill Clinton, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Planes of Paul McCartney, George Michael, Brian Ferry, Bono, London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Valery Gergiev are planned. One of the leading concert will be actress Sharon Stone.