Mikhail Gorbachev: America needs a Perestroika

The Ukrainian issue has intensified the tension that existed between the West and Russia: now, another Cold War is possibly lurking on the horizon. Are we to witness another stand-off - or will it be averted? The relations between Russia and the West seem to be stuck at dead-end, so is there hope common ground will emerge between the two? We ask these questions to the man who prides himself on ending the Cold War, the last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, on Sophie&Co today. Follow @SophieCo_RT Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1w6DZMd RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://bit.ly/1j80Nsn Like us on Facebook http://on.fb.me/1bbJX3S Follow us on Twitter http://bit.ly/1j80NIA Follow us on Instagram http://bit.ly/1bbJUFn Follow us on Google+ http://bit.ly/1j80PjS Listen to us on Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/1HgbHbu RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.