Gorbachev interview on the 10th anniversary of Soviet Union's fall

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CNN’s chief international anchor, Christiane Amanpour interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev in Berlin in 1999, in which they spoke about the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Amanpour: “...Mr. President, 10 years ago for us westerners, it was a triumph to see that wall come down the end of tyranny. The end of communism. But you were a committed communist. How did you feel personally when you saw them tear down that wall?”
Gorbachev: “By that time I had changed my mind about many things and in 1988 I came to a conclusion that the system could not be improved. We needed political reform and more freedom. Freedom of choice, political parties, give people some oxygen..."

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