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AP Interview: Gorbachev calls for Ukraine unity

By Adam Schreck
Published February 24, 2014 12:51pm ET
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AP Interview: Gorbachev calls for Ukraine unity
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The political turmoil in Ukraine looks like “a real mess” but it is important that the country hold together in the battle for influence between Russia and the West, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Monday. The 82-year-old Gorbachev made the comments during an interview with The Associated Press […]

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The political turmoil in Ukraine looks like “a real mess” but it is important that the country hold together in the battle for influence between Russia and the West, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Monday.

The 82-year-old Gorbachev made the comments during an interview with The Associated Press in the United Arab Emirates city of Sharjah.

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