Gorbachev: ‘Signs of a Cold War Are Present’
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev appeared on "Larry King Live" Thursday to give his read on the Georgia-Russia conflict, asserting that Georgia was definitively the first to attack, in "a barbaric assault" on Tskhinvali, and that "there was support and protection" for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili from elsewhere in the world Updated .Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev appeared on “Larry King Live” Thursday to give his read on the Georgia-Russia conflict, asserting that Georgia was definitively the first to attack, in “a barbaric assault” on Tskhinvali, and that “there was support and protection” for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili from … elsewhere in the world.
Update: Saakashvili responded to Gorbachev on King’s show (see below).
Click here to read CNN’s rush transcript of the interview.
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