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What Happened To The Soviet Union Happened Mainly For Domestic Reasons. It Was A Failure Of The Model Based On A Command Economy And Dictatorship. The Rejection Of Freedom And Democracy, The Decisionmaking Monopoly Of One Party, And The Monopoly Of One Ideology All Had A Chilling Effect On The Country. That Model Turned Out To Be Incapable Of Making Structural Changes. It Did Not Open Up Ways For Initiative And Was Overly Centralized.

I Paid Too Heavy A Price For Perestroika.

On The Day I Became Soviet Leader, In March 1985, I Had A Special Meeting With The Leaders Of The Warsaw Pact Countries And Told Them: 'you Are Independent, And We Are Independent. You Are Responsible For Your Policies, We Are Responsible For Ours. We Will Not Intervene In Your Affairs, I Promise You.'

No One, No Single Center, Can Today Command The World. No Single Group Of Countries Can Do It. Under The Current U.s. President, I Don't Think We Can Fundamentally Change The Situation As It Is Developing Now. It Is Dangerous. The World Is Experiencing A Period Of Growing Global Disarray.

The Most Important Thing Is Who Counts The Votes.