As the American-led ground offensive in the First American-Iraqi got under way on Feb. 24, 1991, Saddam Hussein expressed his frustration to his Russian counterpart M. Gorbachev, reports The New York Times which got a part of declassified audio file of conversations by the President of Iraq, which found in the country in 2003.

"Hussein had dispatched his foreign minister to Moscow in an 11th-hour bid to head off a ground war. After prodding by Gorbachev, Hussein had offered to withdraw Iraqi troops from Kuwait in 21 days. But the United States appeared to be moving ahead with its land campaign", says the article.

"The situation is now is getting worse", Hussein wrote a day before 24 February in an emotional letter to the Russian leader. "Our nation and army are confused. We are asking ourselves which one is more significant: the Soviet Union's proposal or the Americans' threats?"

Speaking to trusted aides, Hussein was less diplomatic, denouncing Gorbachev as a "scoundrel" who lacked ...

The leader of Perestroika 2, Boris Nemtsov, former vice-premier of Russia, told in an interview with Newsweek about the situation in this country. He noted in particular: 
 
"Putin is the architect of a mafia state. De-Putinization is a necessary precondition for creating a fair court system and for returning to fair elections. 
 

Under Putin's rule, Russia became deeply corrupt. His closest friends are all multibillionaires. They consider Russia as their feudal property. Putin's actions are wrecking Russia. We need to mobilize our forces before his actions cause wars and Russia falls apart (the disintegration of Russia as an empire is historically inevitable, despite all attempts to prevent it by ımperialists Putin and Nemtsov - KC).

I have no doubt that Putin will flee some day from the country, like the president of Tunis. Putin's resignation is our demand # 1.

By his irrational actions, Putin loses the respect of the people who once trusted him. When I got out of jail, one of the first people who phoned me ...