Ivan Sukhov: The Soviet Union’s shadow grows longer
A picture taken on October 10, 1986 shows Soviet Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev (L) and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze arriving in Keflavik (Iceland), for talks with US President Ronald Reagan.
On the day I heard about the passing of former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, I was in Sigtuna, a tiny town where Sweden had its beginnings 1,000 years ago. At an intersection I happened upon an old telephone booth that had been converted into a book exchange kiosk, and right in the middle of the kiosk there lay a Swedish copy of the book "Perestroika" by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
