Restorative reaction

The accession of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia in March 2014 was the right decision. This was stated by the first and last president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev in an interview with The Sunday Times.

According to Gorbachev, he would have acted just like Russian President Vladimir Putin, if he was in a similar situation. I am always for the free will of people, and the majority in the Crimea wanted to reunite with Russia, ”Gorbachev said. “The only real reason I would not do this is if I was still in power, the Soviet Union existed and Crimea would be part of it.”

In addition, Gorbachev said that the United States rejoiced at the collapse of the USSR. “Under the table, the Americans rubbed their hands with glee,” he said. “I regret that the Great Country with great capabilities and resources has disappeared. In truth, if I were still in power, it would continue to exist,” said the ex -president of the USSR. “Most Russians think how I do not want to return it, but they are deeply regretted that it collapsed.”

According to the ex-president of the USSR, the arrogance of the United States caused the cooling of relations between the countries of the West and Russia. “They were not sincerely interested in helping Russia to become a stable and strong democracy. They thought that they cut it in size. In the process, they nullified the trust that we built,” Gorbachev noted.

In November 2014, Gorbachev in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica said that the world should come to terms with the fact that Crimea has become part of Russia. He also spoke out in defense of Putin’s policy against Ukraine .