leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991
Alan Bates "deserves more than a knighthood" says Shadow Paymaster General Jonathan Ashworth MP amid the Post Office Scandaltrib.al/Rx0iR33 📺 Sky 501 ... Show more
Russia's oligarchs are still rich but far less powerful under Putin: When Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, the outside world viewed “Russian oligarchs” as ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev and wife Raisa arrive at Aberdeen Airport to receive the Freedom of the City, 30 years ago today.
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Vytautas Landsbergis, the pianist who helped to sink the Soviet Union: Vytautas Landsbergis shrugs when asked why he went into politics. ‘It was a normal ...
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For All Mankind Recap: Coup Coup Ca-choo!: Not one, but two coups in one episode? And one of them is in space? Space coup! You’re crazy for this one, FAM ...
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Debby Knox reflects on 42-year stint as Indianapolis news anchor: "It's time to move on"
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The G20 — will the world please stop fiddling while Africa burns: The G20 meeting in New Delhi is about the economic and political disaster taking place in ...
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Quick Glance: G20: Shifting Focus to Development after Ukraine and China
- The G20 meeting aims to refocus on development, which has been overshadowed by Ukraine and China.
- The agenda includes expanding the World Bank's mandate and increasing its lending capacity as the primary development financing vehicle.
- According to David Oks and Henry Williams, industrialization is the only sure path to economic development.
- Africa has seen a decline in industry and a rise in incomes due to the commodities boom and construction in China.
Russian students to be schooled in a version of history tailored to Vladimir Putin’s nationalism
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Stories of our times: How Putin might fall: A lesson from 1991: Vladimir Putin may have averted an armed rebellion by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin – but if ...
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The 1991 coup attempt that the Soviet president barely survived: « The failure of the coup seems likely to accelerate the collapse of communism in the Soviet ...
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1985 ZiL Russian Limousine Is Our Bring a Trailer Auction Pick of the Day: This Russian Federation artifact was rumored to have been Mikhail Gorbachev's ...
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Russia’s Most Famous Fashion Designer, Who Dressed First Ladies, Dies at 85: MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's most famous fashion designer, Vyacheslav Zaitsev ...
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COMMENT | Looks like Puad is pushing for glasnost: If that’s so, he should be encouraged.
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Remembering the failed coup that brought down a superpower: America in 2021, you have a lot to learn from Russia in 1991.
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Who Is Vietnam’s Gorbachev?: For some supporters of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the last party secretary of the Soviet Union offers a cautionary tale.
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4. Hostages: In episode 4 of our podcast, Arkady Ostrovsky talks to the actor Chulpan Khamatova whose work has brought her up close with Russia’s leaders
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Deals, drama and danger: the incredible true story behind Tetris: A new film shows how the addictive game found its way out of the Soviet Union and into the ...
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The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg: ‘The increasing aggression in Russia worries me – it could get bumpy’
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Now in exile, the actor Chulpan Khamatova came up close with two very different Russian leaders: Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev ... Show more econ.st/40PDwVt
In Photos: The Historic Moscow Protests of 1991: Gallery |
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Remembering the failed coup that brought down a superpower: America in 2021, you have a lot to learn from Russia in 1991.
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In memory: The notable figures we lost in 2022: Vicky Phelan Oct 28, 1974 — Nov 14, 2022 In a just world, Vicky Phelan would not be a household name. Instead ...
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Paid articlePaid 9 Deaths That Shocked Russia in 2022: 2022 was defined by Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine, with the resulting violence leading to the deaths of tens of ...
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S.P.K. Gupta Was Witness to a Bygone Era of Journalism: Sikharam Prasanna Kumara Gupta, S.P.K. Gupta to friends and colleagues, was a soft-spoken ...
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FP Comment's 2022 scrapbook: July and August: From inflation to Tiff Macklem: FP Comment highlights snippets from its July and August 2022 scrapbook ...
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Queen Elizabeth II, Lata Mangeshkar, Shane Warne: Notable Deaths In 2022: From Queen Elizabeth II to the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ...
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In pics | From Queen Elizabeth II to Shinzo Abe, here are 2022s notable deaths : In pics | From Queen Elizabeth II to Shinzo Abe, here are 2022's notable deaths
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Japan was among the first to confirm Gorbachev alive after 1991 coup attempt: The United States and many other countries were rushing to confirm the safety of ...
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22 influential people who died in 2022: Queen Elizabeth II, Mikhail Gorbachev, BobbyLee Worm, Borje Salming, Janet Conners and Pele among the giants who passed
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Fallen colossus: USSR’s terror, triumphs began 100 years ago, but lasted less than 69
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Notable deaths in 2022, from Queen Elizabeth II to Meat Loaf: It is rare that a life both straddles history and makes history. Such was the reign of Queen ...
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DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS: Japan got early word Gorbachev was still alive after 1991 coup attempt
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Japan among 1st to confirm Gorbachev alive after 1991 coup attempt - The Mainichi
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In memoriam: The Queen, Pele, Shane Warne, business leaders and celebs who died in 2022
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2022's notable deaths around the world: Towering figures like Queen Elizabeth II and Mikhail Gorbachev were among notable deaths.
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Past foreign policy failures have brought down Russian, Soviet leaders: For now, Putin's rule appears secure, but the experiences of past Russian leaders show ...
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Farewell to the Queen and Mikhail Gorbachev: 2022’s notable deaths : From Queen Elizabeth II to the Soviet Unions last leader Mikhail Gorbachev ...
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How Putin Brought Sovietology Back to Life: The end of the Cold War seemed to have made Sovietology obsolete. Putin’s hot wars have changed that.
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How Putin Brought Sovietology Back to Life: The end of the Cold War seemed to have made Sovietology obsolete. Putin’s hot wars have changed that.
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Will Putin Fall Like Khrushchev and Gorbachev?: Russia’s strongman has become a weak man. That proved a perilous position for his predecessors.
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Gorbachev’s Tragic Legacy | by Robert Skidelsky - Project Syndicate: Robert Skidelsky reflects on the long-term effects of the late Soviet leader’s political and ...
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Exclusive: Ukraine will never forgive Russia, Russian Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov says
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Analysis: Russia's war in Ukraine reaches a critical moment: LONDON (AP) — There are moments in history that appear as critical to the world as they are ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev did not mean the Soviet Union to end that way: Its last leader died on August 30th, aged 91
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The Gorbachev Diagnosis | by Daniel Yergin - Project Syndicate: Daniel Yergin revisits a 2001 interview with the former Soviet leader to consider where things ...
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China’s greatest lesson from the Soviet Union’s downfall: economy is key: The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, along with the economic pain and geopolitical ...
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Russian media: Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91: MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev ...
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Quick Glance: Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's first and only president, died at the age of 91.
- Gorbachev did not pretend that his country did not require transformation.
- Ten Soviet republics would declare freedom by the end of 1991.
- "If we want democracy and reforms," Gorbachev said Yeltsin in 1991, "we must act according to democratic rules."
- In the years thereafter, Gorbachev has tried to give his version of what happened at the fall of the Soviet Union.
Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev buried in Moscow: Russians who came for a last look at former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday mourned ...
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Quick Glance: Medvedev and Orban at Gorbachev's coffin
- On Saturday, thousands of people gathered in Moscow to bid farewell to the final Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev.
- On Thursday, Putin paid his condolences to Gorbachev at his casket.
- According to Russian news outlets, Medvedev placed flowers on the coffin.
- As a result, foreign ambassadors and diplomats will primarily bid Gorbachev farewell.
3 scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for major advancement in cancer treatment
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Soviet Union's gerontocracy is a warning sign for the US: historians: The United States' leadership has more in common with the last years of the USSR than they ...
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Gorbachev buried in Moscow in funeral snubbed by Putin: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has been buried in Moscow after a ceremony attended by thousands ...
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Quick Glance: Putin's absence from Gorbachev's funeral conveys a purposeful message — experienced journalist
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- Pozner, who said he revered and liked Gorbachev despite the late politician's use of vulgar language to berate him in their last phone conversation, said Putin's attitude toward his immediate successor, Boris Yeltsin, was significantly different.
- Pozner speculated that Yeltsin's desire to dethrone Gorbachev, whom he despised, was one of the reasons the Soviet Union imploded.
- "Because as long as the Soviet Union existed, there was a President Gorbachev."
- "And when the Soviet Union vanished, President Gorbachev vanished, and you had President Yeltsin," he explained.
History's bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms: NEW YORK (AP) — One stood for freedom, openness, peace and closer ties with the outside world ...
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Putin, Gorbachev and two visions of Russian greatness: The Kremlin has returned to methods and goals based on conquest, fear and brutality
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The Gorbachev Vacuum: The mystery of the Soviet leader rests on a distinction between Gorbachev the man and Gorbachev the statesman ...
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BREAKING: Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died "after a serious and long illness." https://abcn.ws/3ec0RgE
Gorbachev, who redirected course of 20th century, dies at 91: MOSCOW (AP) — Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower ...
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Gorbachev to be buried in modest funeral snubbed by Putin: MOSCOW (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the ...
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‘A big blow’: Mikhail Gorbachev died shocked by Ukraine war: Gorbachev’s interpreter for decades says the late Soviet leader was traumatised by Russia’s invasion ...
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Putin to not attend Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral, skip due to 'work schedule': Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be attending the funeral of Mikhail ...
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Quick Glance: In a gesture of ambiguity, Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but declines to attend his funeral.
- MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin paid respect to Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday but declined to attend the late former Soviet leader's burial, highlighting the Kremlin's ambivalence regarding Gorbachev's legacy.
- When asked if Gorbachev would be given a state funeral, Peskov said it would include "elements" of a state burial, such as honorary guards, and that the government would assist in organizing them.
- He declined to comment on how the service will differ from a traditional state funeral.
- If the Kremlin had proclaimed a state burial for Gorbachev, Putin would have been forced to skip the ceremonial event.
World leaders remember Mikhail Gorbachev following his death: In Russia and around the world, Mikhail Gorbachev was remembered on Wednesday ...
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Quick Glance: The Kremlin claims Gorbachev helped end the Cold War but was mistaken about his "honeymoon" with the West.
- MOSCOW, 31 August (Reuters) - The Kremlin praised late Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday as an amazing global statesman who helped bring the Cold War to a conclusion, but said he was dead wrong about the chance of rapprochement with the "bloodthirsty" West.
- "He led our country during a period of complex and dramatic changes and large-scale foreign policy, economic and social challenges," Putin added, referring to Gorbachev's tenure as leader of the KGB secret service.
- Another Moscow resident, Larisa Kalashnikova, stated, "I have a negative view of him."
- Gorbachev, he added, had given Russia a chance to be free.
Bono: What Mikhail Gorbachev Taught Me About Our Power to Change History: In my lifetime, no one person has had the impact on the world that Mikhail ...
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Thousands of people have paid their respects at the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. bbc.in/3AOcySp
Mikhail Gorbachev Pizza Hut Commercial Resurfaces After Soviet Leader Dies: The well-known commercial aired around the world—but not in Russia.
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Mikhail Gorbachev: a divisive figure loved abroad but loathed at home: Despite being celebrated across liberal democracies, the former Soviet leader was reviled ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of Soviet Union, dead at 91: Russian media: Mikhail Gorbachev led the Soviet Union before it dissolved in 1991 ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev starred in Pizza Hut commercial because needed cash: Gorbachev defended his participation in the ad from critics, saying "pizza is for everyone ...
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Gorbachev mourned as rare world leader but some still bitter: BERLIN (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev , the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who ...
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Gorbachev remembered fondly in Germany for enabling unity: BERLIN (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev was enduringly popular in Germany for enabling the country's ...
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Condolences and tributes are pouring in from around the world following Tuesday’s death of the former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev ... Show more https://www.voanews.com/a/global-tributes-pour-in-following-death-of-former-soviet-president-mikhail-gorbachev/6723838.html
Kissinger on Gorbachev's 'great service to humanity': The former US Secretary of State said that the people of Europe owe Gorbachev their ...
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How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy: News of Mikhail Gorbachev's death resurfaced old Pizza Hut and Louis Vuitton ads ...
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Quick Glance: Documentary in the Arte-Mediathek - In Mikhail Gorbachev's Footsteps.
- Mikhail Gorbachev at the dining table of his villa, which belongs to the state rather than to him.
- The now-deceased Russian revolutionary Mikhail Gorbachev appears in the documentary âGorbachev. Paradiseâ, witty and grumbling.
- âFree Fatherland,â Gorbachev declares.
- Mikhail Gorbachev passed away at the age of 91.
Gorbachev to be buried in low-key funeral snubbed by Putin: MOSCOW (AP) — Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is set to be buried Saturday in a ceremony ...
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Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Dead at 91: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died in Moscow at the age of 91. He led the Soviet Union from 1985 ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev: tributes pour in for ‘one-of-a kind’ Soviet leader: Western leaders and historians praise former Soviet president, while Russian reaction to ...
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