In pictures: Opinions on perestroika
Valentin, pensioner

I can’t say what it would have been like had nothing changed 20 years ago. I think it would have been much worse. At that time you could not even buy toothpaste and handkerchiefs. I was a teacher then, and I was ashamed of the shoes I had to wear at school.

But now there is less order. Still, I think Gorbachev is not to blame for what happened, he meant the best.

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