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"Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's pantyhose. There's no toothpaste, no soap powder, not the basic necessities of life. It was incredible and humiliating to work in such a government."

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Toothpaste

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Statesman

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About Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian statesman who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union. He is known for reforms including glasnost and perestroika and for his role in ending the Cold War era.

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