Es war am 31. Dezember 1989, ich war damals in der Sowjetunion, in einem Restaurant in der Altstadt von Susdal, und hörte die „Neujahrswünsche“ von Michail Gorbatschow.
It was December 31, 1989, and I was in the Soviet Union. I had found myself in a restaurant in the old city of Suzdal, listening to President Mikhail Gorbachev’s “New Year wishes.”