Ocupation: Author
Life: b. October 22, 1947
Birthday: October 22
Mr. Gorbachev initiated Glasnost, Perestroika, so he was already, you know, way disenchanted with the rigid Communist ideology, and he was looking to become an international leader. He was more accepted actually outside of the Communist Soviet Union than inside.
source: "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 27, 2015.
topic: Leader, Unions, Way, Disenchanted, Glasnost, Gorbachev