Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes

When I cleared out Moscow apartment after stepping down as president, they found all kinds of wiring in the walls. It turned out that they had been spying on me all along.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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• When I cleared out Moscow apartment after stepping down as president, they found all kinds of wiring in the walls. It turned out that they had been spying on me all along.

  

  Mikhail Gorbachev
  • President
  • Apartment
  • Wiring