British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Brian Mulroney

Brian Mulroney: Mulroney was prime minister during the height of the cold war. He had close relationships with some of the most powerful leaders at the time, such as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and U.S. President Ronald Reagan and he did deal with then president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Listen to Radio's The House , according to CBC. There are no missiles pointed at Washington and London. But the aggressor is still a nuclear power with "vast strength and ambition," Mulroney said. Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney describes Russian President Vladimir Putin as a leader longing for the days when the Soviet Union enjoyed superpower status and calls the referendum in Crimea a hoax. On Radio's The House, Mulroney told host Evan Solomon he does see similarities between the days during the cold war and the current Ukrainian crisis, but without the immediate threat of nuclear weapons. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.