Sadly, Gorbachev's death means everyone present for this historic conference have now passed.
The guy who walks in to the room in the beginning.Gray suit? You mean Gaddafi (40 secs in)? And I think it's just generic IRA guy for the second one. Otherwise they would have dressed someone up like Gerry Adams.
Source? This seems like a version of "If you are not an idealist, you have no heart. If you are not a realist, you have no brain."Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains. - Putin
(Picture of Boris Yeltsin)The Soviet Union might have been reformed under Gorbachev, but this man and his trip to the store set the end in motion.
Source? This seems like a version of "If you are not an idealist, you have no heart. If you are not a realist, you have no brain."
(Picture of Boris Yeltsin)
BY become prominent only in the last year of the Soviet Union, when he led the beating off of the Soviet hardliners' August 1991 coup.