Mikhail Gorbachev
politician
Mikhail Gorbachev, referred to in the snippets as the former President of the USSR and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was involved in significant diplomatic discussions regarding NATO expansion in 1990, with claims that assurances were given about no eastward expansion. He is also associated with major political reforms such as 'perestroika', initiated after he became General Secretary in 1985, and notable international meetings, including his first encounter with U.S. President Ronald Reagan at a villa near Geneva in 1985.