Development Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev

Perestroika is nothing more than refined Stalinism.

— Dan Quayle

According to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible.... The essence of perestroika lies in the fact that it unites socialism with democracy and revives…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to…

— Warren Christopher

Russia, despite its heavy flirtation with capitalism and some quite unsavory oligarchs, is still building its foreign policy on the Soviet ideals of internationalism,…

— Andre Vltchek

The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and…

— Stephen Cohen

Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

Every part of our program of perestroika - and the program as a whole, for that matter - is fully based on the principle…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

Perestroika is nothing but a spectacle organized from above.

— Alexander Zinoviev

The way I think of it is that Russia is not going to change fundamentally. They may change tactics; they may look at their…

— Kurt Volker

I tried to come up with a definition of this new paradigm in six articles entitled "Russia after Putin." I would consider Russia's integration…

— Garry Kasparov

We're patient enough to wait until we understand what are the approaches of the present administration. We understand that they - the present administration…

— Dmitry Peskov

“Bolshevik intellectuals did not confine their reading to Marxist works. They knew Russian and European literature and philosophy and kept up with current trends…

— Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal