For America, we were the “Evil Empire,” they were threatening us with Crusades, “Star Wars”…Meanwhile, our chief of state was playing the Buddhist monk, “the world is a common home for humanity,” “change without violence or bloodshed,” “war is no longer a continuation of politics,” and so on. Akhromeyev fought for a long time, but eventually, he got tired. At first, he thought that people were giving false reports to the higher-ups, deceiving them, but then it dawned on him that this was treason. So he made a statement. Gorbachev accepted his resignation, but he would not let him go. He made
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