‘Misunderstood by men’
NZPA-Reuter Moscow Raisa Gorbachev, dismissing allegations that she has too much influence over her husband, says it is only men who fail to understand her. Mrs Gorbachev, in a conversation with two American reporters, shrugged off as a necessary part of free speech remarks by a Ukrainian delegate who criticised her during Thursday’s opening debates of the hew Soviet Parliament. "(It was) a free outpouring of pain,” she said, according to a transcript of the conversation with the reporters received by Reuters. The Ukrainian delegate said in his address to the Congress that he had received a telegram complaining of Mrs Gorbachev and suggested the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, might not be able to avoid the influence of flattery or that of his wife. “I know it’s only men who say that,” she told the two . male reporters.
“We’re ashamed for men. Isn’t that right? So write that down. If you’re not too ashamed, write that down.” Mrs Gorbachev, shown prominently on Soviet television while accompanying her husband on both foreign and domestic trips, enjoys a mixed reputation at home, with many Russians criticising her for being too much in the spotlight.
‘Misunderstood by men’
Press, 29 May 1989, Page 8
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