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(6 Mar 2009) 1. Wide exterior of Gorbachev Foundation building 2. Close up sign reading (English and Russian) Gorbachev Foundation 3. Wide of former president of USSR Mikhail Gorbachev speaking 4. Cutaway of hands 5. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of USSR "I have some optimism. At first I was a little cautious but now I think we can talk about the hope that we can formulate a schedule which will include a better dialogue, constant and substantive in nature, create an atmosphere of trust. At present trust between our two countries has been destroyed." 6. Cutaway of two silver goblets in case 7. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of USSR "The Americans are behaving dishonestly. How can we trust them, the Americans? Obama's task is to recreate that spirt of trust." 8. Wide of Gorbachev with interviewer 9. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of USSR "Let (Iran) integrate itself into the global community, build normal relations that will open up opportunities for all countries, above all for Iran, in the sphere of economic, trade and cultural exchanges and this is in all out interests." 10. Cutaway of objects 11. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of USSR "I am very critical of United Russia and I do it quite openly. It is a party of bureaucrats, the worst version of the CPSU (Communist Party of the Soviet Union)." 10. Cutaway of silver plaque 11. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of USSR "Regarding our parliament, I cannot say that it is independent, also our judiciary does not fully comply with the provisions of the constitution, which states that judges must be independent and obey only the law." 12. Gorbachev shakes hands with interviewer STORYLINE: In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev has likened Vladimir Putin's United Russia party to the worst of the communists he once led and helped bring down, and said Russia is today a country where the parliament and the judiciary are not fully free. In an interview on Thursday with The Associated Press some 20 years after the Soviet empire started its rapid collapse on his tumultuous watch, Gorbachev also said the global economic crisis showed capitalism should be tempered with elements of the socialist system he played such a critical role in sweeping away. He said United Russia is "a party of bureaucrats and the worst version of the CPSU" - the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Speaking at the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow, a think tank founded in 1992 to promote "democratic values and moral, humanistic principles" Gorbachev said the moment was right for improved U.S.-Russia relations. "Obama's task is to recreate that spirt of trust", Gorbachev said. The former Soviet leader also called on the international community to head off the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon not with confrontation but rather "a maximal dialogue." "Let (Iran) integrate itself into the global community, build normal relations," he said. Gorbachev said Russia is today a country where the parliament and the judiciary are not fully free. "Regarding our parliament, I cannot say that it is independent (and) also our judiciary does not fully comply with the provisions of the constitution," he added. Gorbachev is today a marginalised political figure in the country he once ruled over, and it is unlikely his comments will be much heeded in Russia itself. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...