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(Video) Vladimir Pozner and CCI Sept 2018 Trip

November 27, 2018

Dear CCI Friends,

We are delighted to share with you our September 2018 Q&A session with Russia’s internationally-known TV icon and commentator, Vladimir Pozner.

Fortunately, I met Vladimir in 1983 during my initial trip to the USSR. It is my good fortune that Russians respect those who have continued in the pursuit of bilateral understandings for a long, long time. Hence, he has continued to meet with CCI’s U.S. groups over these many years.  We all treasure his open, honest and sometimes blunt answers to our questions … those sent to him prior to travel and others that come up while we are with him.

Americans at large became familiar with Vladimir during the 1980s Space Bridges between the US and the USSR and during the 1990s when he and Phil Donahue had a popular, six-year weekly program on CNBC. The program came to an abrupt end of contract when Vladimir refused to be curtailed by a new CNBC boss who demanded to know in advance who and what topics would be included in future shows.

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(Video) GORBACHEV Speaks Out to CCI Citizen Diplomats in September

November 19, 2018

Dear CCI Friends,

We are honored to have had a two-hour meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev on September 4, 2018.  This event was prior to our delegation of U.S. ‘citizen diplomats’ traveling across Russia to investigate how fifteen far-out cities in ten regions are faring.

Gorbachev’s decades-long private interpreter, Pavel Palazhchenko, was present to assure that the interpretation was accurate. The two-hour visit was trimmed down to two 30-minute segments.

President Gorbachev felt it very important to get his message out to the American public, as you will learn from his own words. He was in the hospital the previous day, met with us, then returned for additional treatment the following day. Although his physical self is challenged, Gorbachev’s spirit took on the energy of his younger years to get his message across.  He wants his words to go to as many Americans as possible!

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