Commentary The death of Mikhail Gorbachev last week unleashed a wave of nostalgia for simpler and better times. That’s odd, isn’t it? Not so much. The freedom revolution that followed his reforms in the old Soviet Union did not turn out as planned. The world never became normal and peaceful as promised. And today, we…
Thousands Line Up to Say Farewell to Gorbachev; Putin Absent
MOSCOW—Thousands of mourners lined up Saturday to pay tribute to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union. On Thursday, Putin privately laid flowers at Gorbachev’s coffin at a Moscow hospital where he died. The Kremlin said the president’s busy…
The CCP Sees Gorbachev as the One Who Has Destroyed Russia’s Communist Regime
Commentary Global leaders have sent messages of support and sadness with the passing of former USSR leader (1985-1991) Mikhail Gorbachev, who died at age 91 on Aug. 30. Gorbachev, who worked closely with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is seen as the man who reformed and opened the USSR. These…
Mikhail Gorbachev, Final Soviet Leader, Dies at Age 91
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the final president of the communist country, has died at age 91, according to a hospital in a statement Tuesday. “Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a serious and long illness,” the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow confirmed, reported the Interfax, TASS, and RIA Novosti news agencies. Other circumstances…
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