I wrote a letter to Gorbachev warning him that trouble was brewing. He replied, ‘Alexander, you overestimate their intelligence and courage.’ In July, I resigned. I said, ‘Something’s cooking, I can sense it.’ He ignored...

We were in an open field waiting for the arrival of an official, … We discussed everything, we interrupted each other and said, ‘That thing must be changed and that one’s intolerable … everything’s intolerable.’

We promised that things would get better, but things were getting worse and worse, … Cold War.

Probably because many people do not want it to work fast. The spiritual matrix of the people is predominantly tuned to beautiful lies rather than the bitter truth.