Mikhail Gorbachev died two years ago today. I interviewed the former Soviet leader several times. But it's the musical moments I remember most.

As ever am bowled over by your playing Steve but had no idea how useful it could be. The BBC should get all its foreign correspondents piano lessons!

Gorbachev & Raisa made a surprise visit to one of our local pubs when their Heathrow flight back to Russia was delayed. They sat with stunned diners for soup, lamb steaks and cherry sundaes. Gorbachev had a pint of bitter & a pint of lager while Raisa drank water & cognac.

Already 2 years! I remember Gorbachev's Russia. It wasn't perfect, but I recall hours of lively, frank chat with complete strangers, spontaneous, laughter-filled parties on long journeys, the invitations I received to people's homes and the friends I made. Seems so unreal now.

Wonderful to hear Mikhail Gorbachev sing along to your fabulous piano playing. Like all humans he made mistakes but he also helped change the western world for the better in the 80s. A thoroughly decent man unlike Russia’s current leader.

My goodness. Looking back now, relationships with a Russian leader like this seems incomprehensible. A million miles from today's bitterness. So sad. You should write your autobiography, Steve. Bestseller guaranteed.

You are so talented…speaking fluent Russian…playing the piano so proficiently and your journalistic skills are so good you engage the audience in showing the “lived lives” of those that make the policies or those that have to live under them.

Wonderful Steve. A few subtitles on your moments of conversation with him would be very nice too.👍🏾👍🏾

Beautiful & tragic. Beautiful because he sings so well in his frailty, tragic when thinking of what might have been. I can't imagine you sitting down with Putin & doing the same, which makes this even more poignant.

It seems the only normal human ever in power of this country. What a man of genuine love!

Pity he will miss Russia's epic defeat of NATO and their NotZee regime in Kiev.