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A holiday to hope for
Calcutta Telegraph 9 hours ago

John McCain with Kevin Rudd at the Munich Security Conference Individuals make history. If the last leader of the Soviet Union had not been a man called Mikhail Gorbachev, the world would be a different place. So the character and views of China’s leader
Pax Pacifica the acid test for China's heir apparent
Irish Times 2 days ago

OPINION: INDIVIDUALS MAKE history. If the last leader of the Soviet Union had not been a man called Mikhail Gorbachev, the world would be a different place. So the character and views of China’s leader-designate, Xi Jinping, who is visiting the United St
AP Photo 1 week ago

Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, background, addresses a conference of the Union of Industrialists in downtown Moscow on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Thursday that Prime Minister... View Photo »
It's clear no one provoked them, that this conflict appeared out of the blue ... Things were building up, and it all means that democracy - the way they had it - did not really work.
– Mikhail Gorbachev SOURCE: AZ starnet.com 2 months ago
Reagan ‘Best President,’ Says Harris Poll
NewsMax 2 days ago

President Ronald Reagan confronted challenges as daunting as those the nation faces today, and met them so successfully that he’s now considered the best president in modern times. In a recently released Harris poll asking respondents who they consider t
Alarm bell for Putin
Calcutta Telegraph 2 days ago

Vladimir Putin will be swept from power by Russia’s new “glasnost generation” unless he meets their demands for democratic reform, Mikhail Gorbachev has predicted in an interview with The Times , London. Gorbachev compared Putin to Margaret Thatcher in h
Economic planning in India: Tales of the unexpected
Economist 2 days ago

IN 1985, the year Mikhail Gorbachev took over as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, India published its seventh economic plan. Its preface said planning was a “precious gift” from Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, who had been
AP Photo 1 week ago

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, second left, delivers a lecture entitled "My Life in Politics" at the International University he founded in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says Prime Minister... View Photo »
We must ensure that all democratic institutions really function, not as an imitation, as is now the case. The parliament, justice, the courts
– Mikhail Gorbachev SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 months ago
Mikhail Gorbachev turns 80
YouTube Videos 10 months ago
Gorbachev: Putin must reform or be kicked out by protesters
The First Post 2 days ago

VLADIMIR PUTIN will be swept from power by pro-democracy supporters if he orders a violent response to their demands, Mikhail Gorbachev has warned. In an interview with The Times, the last president of the Soviet Union advises the Russian prime minister
How to handle China's Xi Jinping
Los Angeles Times 2 days ago

Individuals make history. If the last leader of the Soviet Union had not been Mikhail Gorbachev, the world would be a different place. So the character and views ofChina's leader-designate, Xi Jinping, who is visiting the United States, do matter. After

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About Mikhail Gorbachev

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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв?·i, Mihajl Serge'evič Gorbačëv; Russian pronunciation: [mʲɪxɐˈil sʲɪrˈgʲeɪvʲɪtɕ gərbɐˈtɕof]; born 2 March 1931 in Privolnoye, Stavropol Krai), is a Russian politician. He was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until 1991, and... Full Article

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