Drudge had an interesting link today to an interview the Guardian did with Mikhail Gorbachev recently. There are a couple of nuggets of new information about the chaos surrounding the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 – nothing too surprising, but things that give better insight into what was going on within the Soviet government before the coup. Gorbachev is an eminence grise in Russian politics, and deservedly so. He makes some interesting comments regarding liberalization in China as well as on Putin’s leadership as well. Definitely worth looking into, as the man quite obviously shows his vast experience as well as his sound political intuitions.