Gorbachev Says U.S. Was Short-sighted on Soviets
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev looks through a book about his late wife Raisa Gorbachev at his foundation's headquarters in Moscow on Dec. 9.
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Moscow (AP) -- As the Soviet Union was breaking up 25 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev expected the United States and its Western allies to provide vital aid. The former Soviet president thinks their failure to offer significant help wasted a chance to build a safer world and resulted from short-sighted gloating at a Cold War rival's demise.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, the 85-year-old Gorbachev voiced hope that Russia and the United States would do better and ease current tensions during Donald Trump's presidency.