If Gorbachev truly sought peace and liberalization, Reagan said in Berlin, then he should let the Wall come down.

里根在柏林说，如果戈尔巴乔夫真的寻求和平与自由，那么他应该让柏林墙倒塌。

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Mr Gorbachev said he had supported Mr Putin during his first term in office, but relations had since "soured".

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"Thatcher was a politician whose words carried big weight, " Mr. Gorbachev said Monday in a statement on the Gorbachev Foundation's website.

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"It is high time the Bush Administration provide credible disincentives and impose serious financial and other sanctions for actions of repression being undertaken by Gorbachev to crush genuinely democratic forces, " said Roger W. Robinson, a Center Board Advisor.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy