| 单词 | Gorbachev |
| 例句 | As one of his final acts, Gorbachev passed the Soviet nuclear codes—which could initiate a nuclear missile launch—to Boris Yeltsin, the president of the Russian Federation. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the last leader of the Soviet Union. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As I put the final touches on the East-West blockade, Cade thumped his way through the door bracing a heavy, sloshing cooler against his knees, and said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Gorbachev also claimed to want to see an end to the Cold War. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night, a group of KGB and military leaders had arrested Gorbachev at his vacation dacha and announced a state of emergency. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Along with reducing Cold War tensions and improving relations with the United States and other western nations, Gorbachev granted the Soviet people freedoms that they had never experienced. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In 1985, however, things took a dramatic turn when Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z They joined thousands of ordinary citizens who rallied in Moscow and around the country to support Gorbachev, and democracy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z On May 5, 1990, nearly fifty years after Lilya’s disappearance, Soviet Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev signed a decree honoring her as a Hero of the Soviet Union. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mr. de Klerk, I said, echoing Mrs. Thatcher’s famous description of Mr. Gorbachev, was a man we could do business with. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Astonishingly, one of the main instigators was Mikhail Gorbachev. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z On December 26, 1991, Gorbachev took his final, dramatic step when he resigned and declared that the Soviet Union was dissolved and that the countries within its umbrella, including Russia, were now independent. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The Soviet Union, thriving under Mikhail Gorbachev, is in expansionist mode. In ‘For All Mankind,’ the Future Is in the Past 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z A television series on Lenin that he wrote in the early 1970s was also banned until the Gorbachev era. Mikhail Shatrov, Outspoken Soviet Playwright, Dies at 78 2010-05-26T15:59:00Z "Red Army" captures the eccentricities of ambition and conjures a time of Ronald Reagan, ballistic missiles, Mikhail Gorbachev, an era when sports were extensions of politics and enemies were cleverly caricatured and clearly defined. 'Red Army' explores Russia's soul through Olympic hockey, Slava Fetisov 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z He wrote to the actress Goldie Hawn after sitting next to her at a dinner, thanking her for taking his mind off Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Perspective | How George H.W. Bush used handwritten thank-you notes to build bridges 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z It was the late 1980s, the era of glasnost and Gorbachev. How the Trans-Siberian railway became the love train 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z It shows Gorbachev as someone for whom sentiments and moral obligations, to his wife, friends and citizens, reigned supreme over political expediency. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z And, for working women, guidance on how to speak in meetings: Instead of ordering, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!,” Fact or Farce? Alexandra Petri Thinks ‘Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why’ 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Bullough appears to believe that, of all Russia's leaders, only Gorbachev was seriously interested in combatting alcoholism. The Last Man in Russia by Oliver Bullough – review 2013-06-07T16:24:01Z The story of Gorbachev at the helm of one of the world’s two superpowers is treated as background noise: “It was just one, six-year-long working day,” Raisa says from the stage. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Four months before his death Alexander Solzhenitsyn offered qualified praise for , arguing that he was doing a better job as Russia's leader than Boris Yeltsin or Mikhail Gorbachev. WikiLeaks cables: Solzhenitsyn praise for Vladimir Putin 2010-12-02T07:30:00Z “The woman who danced your Firebird, she was wonderful, as if created for this role,” Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of the Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev, told Mr. Mitchell backstage, according to The Times. Stephanie Dabney, Electrifying Prima Ballerina, Dies at 64 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z We watched TV, we listened to Gorbachev, and we watched soccer. Nonfiction Wins a Nobel 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Instead it focuses on the relationship between Reagan and the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev. What’s on TV Monday: A Jerry Lewis Tribute and ‘Strangers’ 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z When Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev reportedly asked President Bush senior to find out who the killer was? Damn fine telly: why everything is now ‘a bit Twin Peaks’ 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Follett makes a point of treating Ronald Reagan’s rousing statement “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” more as a grandstanding aside than a moment of glory. ‘Edge of Eternity’ Completes Ken Follett Trilogy 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z “I don’t want to sound inflammatory or provocative,” and “I don’t want to put a stick in Gorbachev’s eye.” Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Here's a gallery of images placing the irrepressible Dubliner alongside Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Lech Walesa and Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush ... and many other people less well known than himself. AP PHOTOS: Bono's many brushes with greatness 2012-06-18T17:07:46Z The "Mikhail Gorbachev: the man who changed the world" awards are named after his three major policies which became the buzzwords during his rule. Bono, Spielberg up for Gorbachev awards 2011-03-11T19:51:39Z Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn contrasted Vladimir Putin's reign positively against those of Yeltsin and Gorbachev, an embassy cable said. WikiLeaks cables: Solzhenitsyn praise for Vladimir Putin 2010-12-02T07:30:00Z Pletnev founded the Russian National Orchestra, the country's first independent orchestra, after befriending Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at conference in Washington, D.C., in 1988, and was its first principal conductor, according to the orchestra's website. Russian pianist accused of pedophilia in Thailand 2010-07-07T05:42:00Z They’re selling arms to the enemy because East Germany is dead broke, in debt to the West, cut loose by Mikhail Gorbachev’s Soviet Union. Review: ‘Deutschland 86,’ an East-West Thriller, Looks South 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The orchestra was founded in 1990 through the support of Mikhail Gorbachev, and was unique in Russia at the time for being funded by private sponsorship. Child molestation investigation against Russian classical musician dropped 2010-12-03T17:30:00Z As a prelude, the “Evening News” followed Gorbachev to Cuba in April, suspecting the cash-strapped leader might cut aid to Fidel Castro. How CBS stole the show in covering Tiananmen Square In this sense, glasnost under Gorbachev accelerated, rather than initiated, a stark view of Soviet reality. 'There are no different truths': the last years of Soviet cinema 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Unexpectedly, and rather unevenly, the gaze of the documentary eventually settles on Reagan’s relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev and especially the steps the two men took towards nuclear arms control. You're hired! How TV carried Reagan and Trump to the White House 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Finally, improvising, Philip finds the wedge that works: he tells Stan about the Jennings’s scheme to expose the enemies of Gorbachev, which offers Stan the opportunity to see them not as enemies, but as allies. “The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z “Reagan” stretches from his modest boyhood in Dixon, Ill., to the “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” visit to Berlin, and beyond, touching on the fog of Alzheimer’s. TV Watch: Remembering the Reagan We May Never Know 2011-02-04T18:54:16Z Jones then bagged an interview with Mikhail Gorbachev and suggested that, in an era of terrorism, he longed for the stability of the Cold War's "them and us" dynamic. Who will replace Jon Stewart? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z This was in the years before perestroika and Mikhail Gorbachev. Donald Trump’s “chaos magic”: Author Gary Lachman on the far right’s links to occult phil... 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “Tear down this wall” was not just a call Reagan issued to the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The Plight of the Political Convert 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It dates from Nov. 20, 1988 and the front page details a visit by Mikhail Gorbachev to India - a memento of the final years of communism under the last leader of the Soviet Union. Abandoned Budapest hospital offers glimpse into Soviet past 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Then they had to go ruin it all with that whole glasnost thing, the demolition of the Berlin Wall, and Gorbachev and Reagan getting all palsy-walsy. ‘The Assets’: Hot on the trail of a Cold War spy within the CIA 2014-01-03T19:42:19Z President Ronald Reagan had only recently held a speech at the border urging the Soviet leader, whose troops still held sway in the East: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." East German officer who opened Berlin Wall wept moments later 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z He played occasionally in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including a performance in the White House for President Ronald Reagan and visiting Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev. American classical pianist Van Cliburn dies at age 78 2013-02-27T19:27:55Z “We have a white flag from Saddam Hussein,” Gorbachev claimed on the eve of hostilities, but Bush was having none of it. Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z He founded the RNO after performing for Mikhail Gorbachev at a summit in Washington in 1988, and gaining the Soviet leader's support for a private orchestra which performed for the first time two years later. Mikhail Pletnev charged with child molesting in Thailand 2010-07-07T13:41:00Z In Brown's reinvention of history, Diana would still be lighting up the social world with "her radiant blondeness," causing Mikhail Gorbachev's "birthmark to flush deeper" as she fixes her "big blue eyes on him." Newsweek digs up Princess Diana 2011-06-29T15:46:00Z Over the years his interviewees included a wide-ranging roster of politicians and celebrities, from Russia's Mikhail Gorbachev to Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto to leading entertainment figures such as Orson Welles and the Beatles. David Frost, known for Nixon interview, dies 2013-09-01T15:31:08Z Nowhere is this more evident than in the long narrative about the summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986. ‘Finale’ review: A novel of the Reagan years that’s packed with real-life barbs 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z “Little did we know it wasn’t going to be Gorbachev and the Chinese hierarchy; it was going to be Tiananmen Square.” How CBS stole the show in covering Tiananmen Square He spoke on the eve of 1989, the year in which the Iron Curtain crumbled — a development Gorbachev seemed to invite that day in New York. Rereading Jean Rhys and Re-evaluating Margaret Thatcher 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z In a country where autocrats, including the current one, carefully protect their image and personal life, “Gorbachev” is a breath of fresh air. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z "Even those who go to protests as citizens are very cautious about public support in their musical capacity," said Alexander Gorbachev, deputy editor of Afisha, an arts, culture and entertainment magazine. Pussy Riot not a big hit with Russian pop stars 2012-08-16T16:57:38Z “We seemed to have been given a free lunch by Gorbachev and Reagan,” he said. Reckoning With Memories of Budapest 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Accordingly, it was when Mr. Gorbachev first lifted Soviet censorship and allowed reality to burst through the Communists’ alternate reality that the Soviet Union crumbled. Review: ‘The Invention of Russia’ Examines the Post-Soviet Path 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Instead, it offers passing references to Mikhail S. Gorbachev’s policy of perestroika and snapshots of Russians, Jews and elderly Germans now living in the reunited Berlin. ‘Russen & Deutsche,’ at Neues Museum in Berlin 2013-01-05T00:57:53Z For Khamatova, Gorbachev gave hope for “a different life with the freedom of speech and sexual orientation,” she said in an interview with the Russian GQ. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z He also chronicled Raisa's battle with leukemia, describing agonizing days at her bedside, and tells of the stroke she suffered when a group of hardliners briefly ousted Gorbachev during an August 1991 coup attempt. Gorbachev issues new book, laments illnesses 2012-11-13T19:43:17Z President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whom he paired up for an informal summit. Labor of love French chateau on market for $30 million 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z But by the final year of his two terms in office, Reagan was touring Moscow with Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Communist leader of the Soviet Union. Donald Trump needs his “Day After” moment: We’ve heard reckless rhetoric from a Republican before — then Ronald Reagan negotiated nuclear disarmament 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, though Bacevich doubts whether America’s distinctive illusions actually won the Cold War, I wonder whether Mikhail Gorbachev would agree. How Victory in the Cold War Led to Tragedy in the Years After 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z “Gorbachev,” which premiered last October, is an ode to the love story of the Gorbachevs. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z It was never any more likely to happen than when Reagan and Gorbachev yammered on about their supposed goal of eventually eliminating nuclear weapons altogether. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Has transparency killed the anonymous source? Nope. 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Gorbachev aimed for a neutral and united Germany. Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z And then we said, ‘When Gorbachev goes to China, are you going?’ How CBS stole the show in covering Tiananmen Square Indeed, in A View to a Kill — released in 1985, two years before Ronald Reagan went to Berlin and challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall!” The James Bond Films at 50: A Golden Franchise for the Ages 2012-10-05T12:00:58Z Oh, sure, there’s the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev as Soviet leader — on which the ending of “The Americans” and its many characters and subplots will probably and symbolically hinge. Perspective | In its final season, ‘The Americans’ asks the eternal question: Can this marriage be saved? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z It was the year that Mikhail Gorbachev became the Communist party’s general secretary and Ronald Reagan began his second term in office. Creed 2: how will a Russia-baiting Rocky sequel play in Trump's America? 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Also on view will be selections from the museum’s Ferris Collection — 234 paintings by 38 Moscow artists, all created when Mikhail Gorbachev was in power and all with a cynical take on socialist history. The Cold War as a museum: At the Wende, one man's 100,000-piece collection finds a new home 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z De facto and de jure, by destroying the country, he removed Gorbachev from the President’s chair. The man who filmed Putin’s rise: “Compromises I made, we all made…led us to this deplorable... 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z “The magnitude of Gorbachev’s personal contributions to the dramatic change, not just in the Soviet Union itself but throughout Eastern Europe, can scarcely be exaggerated.” Europe’s Glorious Years of Peace and Prosperity 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z Gorbachev said each nominee contributed to "changing the world we're living in." Mikhail Gorbachev announces nominees for his award 2011-03-10T21:03:19Z Bush was in Malta with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989; and Bill Clinton was en route to a conference in Budapest in 1994. Trump’s absence at Washington’s premier social event is a relief for some. But the prestige of the presidency is missed. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z In the show’s timeline, 1985, the year Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union, is just around the bend. From Veep to House of Cards: what to expect from TV shows ending in 2018 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z He offers a kind of companion piece in The Event, a collation of archive footage from the streets of Leningrad in August 1991, during the attempted coup against the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. Venice film festival – plenty of punch to disturb the peace 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Engel focuses on the geopolitical tussle between Gorbachev and Bush over Germany’s fate. Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan urged the Soviet leader: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Europe: 100 years of war and transformation He gained wider recognition after Soviet restrictions on rock music and alternative culture were lifted in the late 1980s as part of then-leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms. Pyotr Mamonov, Russian rock musician and actor, dies at 70 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, he added, "simply betrayed his people, he destroyed the mechanism of the state and sold his country for nothing." Stars to honor Gorbachev at London charity bash 2011-03-30T10:42:45Z What terms like “jurisdiction” and “military presence” meant precisely was left vague, but essentially Bush took Gorbachev to the cleaners. Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Gorbachev will be the keynote speaker at Judson University's World Leaders Forum. Former Soviet leader Gorbachev to speak in Elgin 2012-01-13T11:06:00Z Tris Prior doesn’t tell Mr. Gorbachev to tear down any walls in the new trailer for The Divergent Series: Allegiant, but blowing past obstructions is a big part of the teaser. Watch the New 'The Divergent Series: Allegiant' Trailer 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z But in 1985, the Soviet Union’s newly appointed general secretary, Mikhail Gorbachev, did just that when he ramped up a nationwide campaign against alcohol. Prohibition, Soviet style: Propaganda posters from the 1980s 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z On Sunday, Rather and Bettag wandered into a crowd of university students who spoke of plans to mount anti-government demonstrations behind the cover of reform-minded Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev,scheduled to visit in May. How CBS stole the show in covering Tiananmen Square "The Tibetan issue is very complicated," said Tibet’s spiritual leader, appearing on a panel with former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev and other Nobel Peace laureates. Nobel laureates appeal to world's youth 2012-04-25T21:30:00Z A few years later, Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, and conditions in the Soviet Union began to change. Modern Love: Breaking Free From the Nesting Doll 2013-08-01T20:02:45Z Looking at the Berlin Wall, he challenged the Soviet leader: “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” The great storyteller’s story 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z When Mikhail Gorbachev became Soviet leader in 1985, he favored “glasnost,” a Russian word that means “open discussions.” Europe: 100 years of war and transformation Walker has nailed down some A-list talking-head interviews, including Mikhail Gorbachev and Tony Blair – who, remarkably, appears to rediscover his youthful radicalism, and calls for a zero-nuke world. Nine of the best films for 2011 2011-01-03T08:00:11Z But we also see that Reagan rose to the moment, and the opportunity, Gorbachev presented. You're hired! How TV carried Reagan and Trump to the White House 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whom he paired up for an informal summit. Labor of love French chateau on market for $30 million 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z With great efficiency and a wealth of supporting detail, Follett traces the impact of Mikhail Gorbachev and his era of reform, illuminating the forces that destroyed a monolithic institution. ‘Edge of Eternity,’ the final installment in Ken Follett’s sweeping trilogy Lee recounts fascinating tales of hobnobbing with the likes of Princess Diana and the Gorbachevs and watching the Berlin Wall fall. Theater J’s ‘The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z In this fictional world at least, we are indebted to them for thwarting plans within the KGB to frame Gorbachev and derail a U.S.-Soviet summit. Review | In a somber, satisfying ‘Americans’ finale, Philip and Elizabeth make a painful choice 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The writer is a former Moscow correspondent and managing editor of The Washington Post and the author of “Why Gorbachev Happened.” Rereading Jean Rhys and Re-evaluating Margaret Thatcher 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Yourievsky's family moved to Switzerland in 1957, and he did not visit Russia until August 1991, ironically the same week that Soviet government officials tried to topple reformist leader Mikhail Gorbachev. For tsar's great-grandson, Russia needs a strong leader 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Other items document Reagan's personal diplomacy with Gorbachev and other leaders of the since-disbanded Soviet Union. Archives shows rarely seen Reagan documents in DC 2011-01-05T18:21:08Z In the Gorbachev era, Mr. Glazunov rose to new heights of popularity with paintings like “Eternal Russia” and “Awake, Russia!” Ilya Glazunov, Painter Entranced by Russia’s Past, Dies at 87 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z In addition to Gorbachev and the Dalai Lama, Lech Walesa, former president of Poland; and Oscar Arias Sanchez, former president of Costa Rica attended the event. Nobel laureates appeal to world's youth 2012-04-25T21:30:00Z In Gorbachev, he met his match — and also an ally keen on ending the Cold War, even as he upstaged Reagan. Review | CNN’s ‘The Reagan Show’ is a look back at an era that set the stage for Trump 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z In the end, Gorbachev, who attended one of the final rehearsals, and stood up to a standing ovation from a box, did not ask for a single change. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The release of the film heralded the era of reforms launched by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and was aired on Soviet television in 1986 to much clamor and public debate. Acclaimed Russian film director Alexei German dies 2013-02-21T14:35:11Z And he has risen to the role of mentor by the time a bright young reformer named Gorbachev comes along. ‘Edge of Eternity’ Completes Ken Follett Trilogy 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z In 1999, as a director, I was shooting a documentary about Mikhail Gorbachev. The man who filmed Putin’s rise: “Compromises I made, we all made…led us to this deplorable... 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Ronald Reagan had set this train in motion, the narrative went, because he had gone to the Berlin Wall in June 1987 and fearlessly told Gorbachev to “tear down this Wall.” America’s forgotten war 2012-11-23T15:00:00Z The “Great Communicator” also tried to apply his charm to his greatest rival, Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, whom he most memorably exhorted to tear down the Berlin Wall in 1984. Review | CNN’s ‘The Reagan Show’ is a look back at an era that set the stage for Trump 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Spitz devotes considerable attention to Reagan’s diplomacy with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and captures much of the drama and tension in their high-stakes arms talks. A New Biography of Ronald Reagan Captures His Passion for Stardom 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Thus, I started making a movie about Yeltsin, parallel to the one about Gorbachev. The man who filmed Putin’s rise: “Compromises I made, we all made…led us to this deplorable... 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Did he not just achieve, in one swoop, what Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev dreamed of, but could not dare to do, at their Reykjavík summit of 1986? Apocalypse Now: Bryan Singer’s New “X-Men” Movie 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Gorbachev says if Putin stepped down now he would be remembered for the positive things he did during his 12 years in power. Gorbachev to Putin: Leave power peacefully 2011-12-24T17:27:00Z I met many of the great figures of the time, from Reagan and Thatcher to Gorbachev and Yeltsin, and closely observed their characters and actions. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Then their lives get consumed by their university love affair and, finally, by Gorbachev’s rise to the top through the ranks of party nomenklatura. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Similarly, knowing that its target is a reunified Germany, Deutschland shapes the storyline around key events like President Ronald Reagan’s anti-communist rapport with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Race against the clock: why is so much TV jumping through time? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z A week later, President Reagan delivered his “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” speech. How David Bowie Went Mainstream 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z He and the Russian reformer openly regard one another with warmth and admiration; the true topic of the film isn’t Gorbachev in some vacuum of posterity, but Herzog’s individual understanding of him. Werner Herzog: 'I'm not a pundit. Don't push me into that corner' 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z A few years ago, Ms. Alexievich met Mr. Gorbachev for the first time. Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Laureate of Russian Misery, Has an English-Language Milestone 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z In late 1985, Mr. Vidov testified on Soviet cultural life at a U.S. congressional hearing, saying that Kremlin leader Mikhail Gorbachev was making sweeping changes that were fervently welcomed by the Soviet people. Oleg Vidov, popular Soviet actor who defected during Cold War, dies at 73 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, joined the chorus of protest in a scathing speech attacking President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian rule. Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Moon property for sale 2013-04-06T18:00:00Z Gorbachev will talk about his time working with the late U.S. Former Soviet leader Gorbachev to speak in Elgin 2012-01-13T11:06:00Z Yourievsky's family moved to Switzerland in 1957, and he did not visit Russia until August 1991, ironically the same week that Soviet government officials tried to topple reformist leader Mikhail Gorbachev. For tsar's great-grandson, Russia needs a strong leader 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev responded by firing the defense minister and many other representatives of the top military brass. Weird news: Teddy bears invade Belarus 2012-08-01T20:55:00Z In late 1985 he testified on Soviet cultural life at a congressional hearing, praising the more open society being pushed by the Kremlin leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev. Oleg Vidov, the ‘Soviet Robert Redford,’ Dies at 73 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z As you approach, crouching down to bring these figures into focus, they reveal themselves as familiar personages at approximately the same height as their innumerable reproductions in newspapers: Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Col. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z He established himself as a reformer in the 1980s, enough for Gorbachev to ask him, unsuccessfully, to be prime minister of the Soviet Union. Astana, Kazakhstan: the space station in the steppes 2010-08-08T00:59:00Z As yet, there's no indication of who producers are considering for the role of Gorbachev. Michael Douglas in talks to play Ronald Reagan 2012-08-30T16:11:04Z By casting Gorbachev as an embattled personification of hope and change, he hopes to mold the West’s perception of Russia as the big bad bugaboo into something a bit more sober-minded. Werner Herzog: 'I'm not a pundit. Don't push me into that corner' 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Bush was at a Malta summit with Mikhail Gorbachev. Biden’s presence at the Kennedy Center Honors signals to many a return to tradition and normalcy 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z In 1987, he invited Mikhail Gorbachev to dine, a potent symbol of respect for the leader of the Soviet Union and his liberal policies. What’s a state dinner, again? Macron is back for the first one post-covid. 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z They were finally permitted to enter the U.S. in 1986 after a personal appeal to President Mikhail Gorbachev from Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts. The Solar System Winked 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Indeed, the playful Korbut probably did more to end the Cold War than Mikhail Gorbachev. Michael Phelps, Jordyn Wieber: Redemption! 2012-08-01T11:45:00Z Most of the stories in “Secondhand Time” are about the promises of the Gorbachev and Yeltsin eras, promises that have been betrayed. Review: In ‘Secondhand Time,’ Voices From a Lost Russia 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z We see that in Gorbachev, Reagan had met his match: the Soviet leader was nearly as accomplished in front of the cameras as he was. You're hired! How TV carried Reagan and Trump to the White House 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z After he implored Gorbachev to "put back that wall", the former Soviet leader demanded: "Who asked for this meeting? If you bring cameras in here again, I will put you against the wall." Who will replace Jon Stewart? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z But I was a victim of circumstances, in that dark time before Gorbachev. Marina Poplavskaya: 'I am a person of extraordinary ability' 2011-04-09T23:05:35Z When it first appeared in the 1980s, “War’s Unwomanly Face” caught the attention and the praise of Mikhail Gorbachev, then the Soviet leader. Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Laureate of Russian Misery, Has an English-Language Milestone 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z It was the same heedless true-belief at work which would manifest itself a generation later in Gorbachev. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z It was the only time I felt a pang of regret over reunification and muttered to Emma: “Mr. Gorbachev, build back that wall.” In Berlin, History Squares Off Against Hip 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z These range from Mikhail Gorbachev - whom Walker describes as "brilliant" - to former PM Tony Blair. Nuclear threat 2011-06-23T07:43:08Z When it happened, Gorbachev accepted it with startling equanimity. Rereading Jean Rhys and Re-evaluating Margaret Thatcher 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z In this middling-quality dirge, the one moment of acerbic humor comes at a shooting party, when the host brings out framed portraits of former Soviet leaders, from Stalin to Gorbachev, for target practice. The Cannes Countdown: Six Contenders for Major Awards 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Still, it was not Gorbachev who ordered the Wall to be opened. America’s forgotten war 2012-11-23T15:00:00Z Now 53, he is a member of president Dmitry Medvedev's advisory council on culture and art, and a friend of former president Mikhail Gorbachev. Thai government blacklists Russian conductor 2010-07-22T09:16:00Z Yourievsky’s family moved to Switzerland in 1957, and he did not visit Russia until August 1991, ironically the same week that Soviet government officials tried to topple reformist leader Mikhail Gorbachev. For tsar's great-grandson, Russia needs a strong leader 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Most western analysts cling to the notion that Gorbachev and Yeltsin were brave, if misguided, reformers, but democrats at heart. Mr Putin, Operative in the Kremlin by Fiona Hill and Clifford G Gaddy – review 2013-05-10T08:00:02Z Yourievsky’s family moved to Switzerland in 1957, and he did not visit Russia until August 1991, ironically the same week that Soviet government officials tried to topple reformist leader Mikhail Gorbachev. For tsar's great-grandson, Russia needs a strong leader 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Gorbachev — “Michael the Archangel” — is described as “the most unpopular politician in Russia in the last 100 years, but the most pampered abroad.” Janna Bullock Strikes Back at Russian Elite With Art Show 2012-03-26T21:52:55Z For the last century, their names were overshadowed by Lenin and Stalin, Khrushchev and Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin and, finally, Putin. Books Of Style: ‘Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy’ and ‘The Summer Palaces of the Romanovs: Treasures From Tsarskoye Selo’ 2012-11-05T18:41:09Z When Baker met with Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze in February 1990, he stated that “there will be no extension of NATO’s jurisdiction or military presence one inch to the east.” Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z “We could see Gorbachev and the KGB,” she recalls. A mini-tour of Washington sights you’ve probably never noticed 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Bush delivered a commencement speech at Texas A&M University declaring that the moment had arrived to move “beyond containment” and expressing the hope that the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy of perestroika would succeed. Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Kershaw ascribes the greatest agency of all to the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Europe’s Glorious Years of Peace and Prosperity 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z “I was not married to the country — Russia or the Soviet Union,” Gorbachev, who is now 90 and still lives in Moscow, wrote in his memoirs. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z “After getting into Gorbachev’s skin, I realized that he wasn’t a politician,” Mironov said in an interview recorded during rehearsals last year. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union before it was dissolved. Lush, private Northern California estate is site for Xi-Biden meeting 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z No other leader on the world stage today can boast that they sat in the Israeli prime minister’s office 50 years ago with Golda Meir, or discussed dismantling Soviet nuclear weapons with Mikhail Gorbachev. Biden’s Moment: A President Convinced of America’s Role in the World 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Moscow’s policies began to shift as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reshaped foreign policy and relations with Israel were restored shortly before the 1991 collapse of the USSR. Why Russia is engaged in a delicate balancing act in the Israel-Hamas war 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z The words don’t stir the collective national memory like, “ Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Ronald Reagan famously spoke of the ‘ash heap of history.’ So do several GOP candidates today 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Rather than reconstructing lives, Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika had undermined many of them; economic “shock therapy” was therapeutic only for some. For nearly a quarter century, an AP correspondent watched the Putin era unfold in Russia 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The liberal paper got funding from the late Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader. Russia labels editor and Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov 'foreign agent' 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Georgia gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 when the political state dissolved under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev. The Killers apologize for welcoming Russian fan onstage at a concert in Georgia 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Muratov, 61, sits in an office featuring a photograph of Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the leader now reviled by many Russians, who rejected Communism in favor of free speech, free enterprise and open borders. Putin’s Forever War 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev proposed security and economic agreements with Washington and Europe. They lied about Afghanistan. They lied about Iraq. Now they're lying about Ukraine 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z Deng Xiaoping, China’s top leader, had asked Mr. Yan to be present for Mr. Gorbachev’s meetings. Yan Mingfu, Mao’s Interpreter and Tiananmen Negotiator, Dies at 91 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The ad then jumps to footage of former President Ronald Reagan’s infamous 1987 Berlin speech in which he demanded that Mikhail Gorbachev — the last leader of the Soviet Union — to “tear down this wall.” Pro-Pence ad knocks Trump for embracing Putin, Kim 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The mutiny, which Putin said could have tipped Russia into civil war, amounts to the biggest challenge to the Russian state since the 1991 hardline coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev as the Soviet Union crumbled. Kremlin gives no detail on fate of 'General Armageddon' Surovikin after mercenary mutiny 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In the photograph, Mr. Gorbachev, who died last year, holds an egg. Putin’s Forever War 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z ITER’s gestation has been even longer—stretching back to a handshake agreement between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s—and its cost is higher than any scientific endeavor in history. World’s Largest Fusion Project Is in Big Trouble, New Documents Reveal 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z That change did eventually come, but not until the 1980s under Mikhail Gorbachev. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z As part of his reform efforts, Gorbachev also encouraged glasnost or openness, allowing those who were angry to be critical of the government. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev and later Vladimir Putin lobbied to be integrated into western economic and military alliances. The intoxication of war 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z As Mr. Muratov left the room, he heard Mr. Gorbachev say: “Who could be happy because of this?” Putin’s Forever War 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z Yudashkin, whose often theatrical designs are exhibited in museums in France and the United States, first made his mark by dressing Raisa Gorbacheva, the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in the late 1980s. Valentin Yudashkin, Russian designer of dresses and dress uniforms, dies at 59 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Gorbachev was convinced that the only way for the Soviet system to survive was through real, meaningful reforms – the kinds flirted with by Khrushchev in the 1950s but swiftly abandoned. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z But the reforms Gorbachev initiated to save the Soviet Union eventually tore it apart. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The patronage of Raisa Gorbacheva, the wife of the last Soviet Union leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, elevated his international fame in the 1980s. Soviet and Russian fashion icon Zaitsev dies -agencies 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z “Gorbachev’s response to my letter was arrogant. … I’m mad as h--l.” Opinion | What a KGB arrest of a journalist in 1986 tells us today 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z State TV once called him "a Beatle of Perestroika", referring to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's wide-ranging programme of reforms. Ukraine war: Russian artists back Putin or face censorship 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z To that end, Gorbachev introduced two reformist state policies: Glasnost and Perestroika. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Mikhail Gorbachev’s efforts to strengthen the Soviet Union through perestroika and glasnost proved unsuccessful. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z His first significant political memory is of the failed coup in 1991, when hardliners tried to topple Mikhail Gorbachev and reverse his liberalising reforms. Vladimir Kara-Murza: Family's heartbreak at Putin critic's jail term 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Nearly simultaneously with news of the deal, the White House and Kremlin announced that Reagan and Gorbachev would meet at a snap summit in Iceland. Opinion | What a KGB arrest of a journalist in 1986 tells us today 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Huge public demonstrations in the United States and Europe led Ronald Reagan to accept Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev's proposals for the Intermediate Short Range Missile Treaty in Europe, a very important step in 1987. Noam Chomsky on "savage capitalism": From climate change to bank failures to war 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z When Gorbachev made good on his promises and protest movements against the communist states started to grow, it was the beginning of the end for the entire Soviet Bloc. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z When the new leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, came to power in 1985, discontent was simmering in the Soviet Union and in the countries of Eastern Europe. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z But starting in the mid-1980s, the reforms of Mikhail S. Gorbachev meant that Western journalists could interview civilians and cultivate sources in the bureaucracy. ‘Chilling Effect’: Arrest of Journalist Has Made Covering Russia Even Tougher 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z In dramatic meetings with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, he negotiated a treaty that would eliminate intermediate-range nuclear missiles. Reagan’s foreign policy doctrine contrasted to Biden’s approach to global unrest 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Formally registered in 1989 in the years of glasnost under Mikhail Gorbachev, Memorial has made it its mission to preserve the memory of Joseph Stalin’s repressions and to defend human rights today. Opinion | The despots of Russia and Belarus cannot jail freedom 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z “Also like Gorbachev, Francis’ foes come both from a traditionalist right unhappy with his progressive agenda and an impatient left increasingly hungry for actual revolution rather than mere reform.” 10 Years On, Pope Francis Faces Challenges From the Right and the Left 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Gorbachev realized the need for reform in the Soviet Union. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Some of President Ronald Reagan’s advisers thought he was nuts to meet with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Iceland in 1986. Opinion | Biden’s best tool for halting a slide in U.S.-China relations? His phone. 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z In 1987, President Ronald Reagan told Mikhail Gorbachev and the Soviet Union to "tear down this wall." Republicans roll out their pro-Putin plan: racism 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z This was anathema to Mr. Putin, the former KGB officer who, during the blossoming of democratic hope in Gorbachev’s years, was serving the security and intelligence agency in Dresden, Germany. Opinion | The despots of Russia and Belarus cannot jail freedom 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z But it’s a stretch to imply, as Inboden does, that Reagan’s strategy was directly responsible for pressuring the U.S.S.R. into producing Gorbachev. Review | ‘The Peacemaker’ holds up Ronald Reagan as the Cold War’s victor 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Gorbachev thus willingly entered into arms limitation talks with Reagan. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z As Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev began the fateful era of “perestroika,” or restructuring, in the late 1980s, Mr. Strougal followed suit with efforts to lessen state controls on the Czechoslovak economy. Lubomir Strougal, Moscow’s Cold War ally in Czechoslovakia, dies at 98 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Aug. 27, 1991: Moldova declares independence following a failed coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Europe-minded Moldova feels the heat of Russia's war in Ukraine 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z But, as the post-Stalin “thaw” and Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika demonstrate, Russians can act collectively and autonomously when repression is reduced and the threat of immediate arrest recedes. Opinion: How long will Russians tolerate Putin's costly war? 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Gorbachev’s actions unintentionally brought about the Soviet Union’s collapse, but for reasons that had little to do with Reagan’s policies. Review | ‘The Peacemaker’ holds up Ronald Reagan as the Cold War’s victor 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Gorbachev informed other members of the Soviet government that he did not intend to use military might to maintain control of Eastern Europe. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z By that time, Khrushchev had been dead for 19 years, and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had ushered in a period of glasnost, or openness. Jerrold Schecter, Time magazine correspondent and author, dies at 90 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Gorbachev said later that "the topic of Nato expansion was never discussed" at the time.Nato maintains it never intended to deploy combat troops on its eastern flank, until Russia annexed Crimea illegally in 2014. Has Putin's war failed and what does Russia want? 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z This proved effective in sparking Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's social and political reforms of the late 1980s, best known by the Russian word "glasnost," or "openness." Jimmy Carter's lasting Cold War legacy: His human rights focus helped dismantle Soviet Union 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Inboden notes that at a time when many Westerners regarded Reagan as a warmongering cowboy, one of Gorbachev’s assistants more accurately perceived that he dreamed of becoming a “great peace-maker president.” Review | ‘The Peacemaker’ holds up Ronald Reagan as the Cold War’s victor 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z In August 1991, conservative members of the Communist Party attempted to remove Gorbachev from power, only to be foiled by the actions of Boris Yeltsin, the president of the Russian republic. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The decade-long Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, for instance, only deepened with the elevation, in 1985, of the reform-minded leader Mikhail Gorbachev. What 70 Years of War Can Tell Us About the Russia-Ukraine Conflict 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z What’s often left out of this narrative is the essential role of Mikhail Gorbachev in loosening forces within the Soviet Union that caused it to collapse of its own weakness. Review | An insider’s view of Ronald Reagan’s dysfunctional foreign policy team 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The video showed images of Soviet cosmonauts, writers such as Fyodor Dostoevsky and leaders such as Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. Russia's Medvedev snaps back after U.S. appeal over Ukraine war 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Did President Ronald Reagan win the Cold War, or did the war end because Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev abandoned it? Review | ‘The Peacemaker’ holds up Ronald Reagan as the Cold War’s victor 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at a summit with President Ronald Reagan in Geneva in 1985. 100 Years Since the Birth of the Soviet Union, in Pictures 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The same might be said of the death of Mikhail Gorbachev. Unlikely Parallels in a Year of Momentous Deaths 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Gorbachev’s standing in the West was undermined when a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986, spewing radioactive fallout over much of Europe for a week. Fallen colossus: USSR’s terror, triumphs began 100 years ago 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who presided over the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., died at 91. Your Monday Briefing 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Other world leaders who died in 2022 include former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died in August. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Gorbachev, who took power that year, tried to reform the Soviet Union but ended up presiding over its collapse. 100 Years Since the Birth of the Soviet Union, in Pictures 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z His 14-year tenure at the apex of power confounded predictions that he and the party he led were destined — like Mikhail Gorbachev and the Soviet party — for oblivion. China’s former president Jiang Zemin, who ruled after Tiananmen, dies at 96 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Despite Gorbachev’s vaunted glasnost, the Soviets did not inform the outside world, or even their own citizens, of the disaster for two days. Fallen colossus: USSR’s terror, triumphs began 100 years ago 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z I naively thought we would see the promised "peace dividend," especially with the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, reaching out to form security and economic alliances with the West. Why I write about war — and why I can't escape it 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Giffen was among the first Western businessmen to meet Mikhail Gorbachev, discussing agriculture imports just months before he became the Soviet premier in 1985. James Giffen, Who Was Embroiled in ‘Kazakhgate,’ Dies at 81 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z A Moscow crowd celebrating in 1991 after reports that a coup against Mr. Gorbachev by hard-line Communist Party officials had failed. 100 Years Since the Birth of the Soviet Union, in Pictures 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Khamenei in the past has argued against compromise by citing the political demise of communism under the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, who imagined that he could reform his system and still preserve its authority. Opinion | Why the fabric of Iranian repression has begun to unravel 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z The attempt collapsed in three days and Gorbachev returned to Moscow, albeit with his power severely weakened. Fallen colossus: USSR’s terror, triumphs began 100 years ago 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Some of his successors, like Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev, did denounce Stalin's crimes. Ukraine war: Russia's uncertain future a product of its past 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Trade and Economic Council, he chartered a jumbo jet to take several hundred American business executives to Moscow, where Mr. Gorbachev joined them for dinner. James Giffen, Who Was Embroiled in ‘Kazakhgate,’ Dies at 81 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z After Mr. Gorbachev announced the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Mr. Yeltsin became the first president of the new Russian Federation. 100 Years Since the Birth of the Soviet Union, in Pictures 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The dexterity with which Bono pivots from the mysteries of songwriting to dissertations on, for example, what he learned when Mikhail Gorbachev came to his house in Dublin for Sunday dinner, is variable. Review | Bono’s memoir is as rambling, fascinating and maddening as he is 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z On Dec. 25, Gorbachev resigned and the USSR’s flag was lowered from the Kremlin. Fallen colossus: USSR’s terror, triumphs began 100 years ago 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z That was the premise upon which Memorial was founded in the late 1980s, during a period of openness under Mikhail S. Gorbachev. In Russia, Nobel-Winning Rights Group Is Forced to Downsize Its Tribute 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z He called Gorbachev a coward and ordered cadres to study the fall of the Soviet Union. China’s Communist Party hands Xi an endless rule for flexing power 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z He also played a role in the deaths of three protesters in Moscow during the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 that hastened the demise of the Soviet Union. General who led Syrian bombing is new face of Russian war 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z When Mikhail Gorbachev died in August, she praised the last Soviet leader for allowing freedom and rejecting violence. Russian pop diva who denounced war says she is in Israel 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z He sees Mikhail Gorbachev as a foolish reformer who opened up the political system only to see the whole country collapse. Opinion | What the West is still getting wrong about the rise of Xi Jinping 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z One man bemoans Gorbachev selling out the country. Review: Willfully impenetrable, 'Petrov's Flu' says it's complicated being Russian 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Putin learned to fear the sudden collapse of central power - and determined never to repeat what he felt was Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's mistake, not to respond with speed and determination when faced by opposition. Vladimir Putin at 70: Seven pivotal moments that made him 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to voluntarily pull many of them back to warehouses. Opinion | Putin threatens nuclear war. The West must deter disaster. 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Any thought that this kind of harrowing brinksmanship had ended with the 1980s when the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and then U.S. Analysis: Russia’s war in Ukraine reaches a critical moment 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Gorbachev and Queen Elizabeth II both passed away within weeks of one another. Putin's doom: Russia expert Mark Galeotti on how a once-feared leader threw it all away 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z During the Cold War, the United States negotiated arms control deals with the Soviet Union even while denouncing the “evil empire” and imploring Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.” Opinion | What the West should learn from the protests in Iran 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Putin should remember the wise words of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985 that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” Opinion | Putin tears at the fabric of nuclear restraint. Words are dangerous, too. 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The journalist says he had gotten similar complaints from the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, and his successor, Boris Yeltsin, but they merely vented while still letting journalists work freely. Long before his war in Ukraine, Putin waged war on Russian journalists 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The war had destroyed the reputation of the land of Gorbachev, Russian physicist and human rights campaigner Andrei Sakharov and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Muratov said. Exclusive: Ukraine will never forgive Russia, Russian Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov says 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Both Queen Elizabeth II and Gorbachev were willing to accept that there are some things you shouldn't do. Putin's doom: Russia expert Mark Galeotti on how a once-feared leader threw it all away 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z When Mikhail Gorbachev died, she praised the last Soviet leader for allowing freedom and rejecting violence. Queen of Soviet pop assails Putin's war in Ukraine 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Flags at the parliament’s Reichstag building in Berlin were lowered to half-staff as lawmakers opened the day’s session, one of the first since Gorbachev’s death last week, with the tribute. German parliament honors Gorbachev, who enabled unification 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z “If Gorbachev and Yeltsin believed the media was an institution of society, Putin sincerely believed and believes now that it is a tool,” Venediktov said in a recent interview. Long before his war in Ukraine, Putin waged war on Russian journalists 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, died on Aug. 30, 2022. read more . Exclusive: Ukraine will never forgive Russia, Russian Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov says 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z No world leader mattered more in the late 20th century than Mikhail Gorbachev, James Baker writes. A Good Issue for Democrats 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z As Mr. Will suggested, most of the pundits magnify Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms, which were not intended to democratize Russia nor to bring about the fall of the Soviet Union and its empire. Opinion | The triad of the free world 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z “We Germans have much to thank Mikhail Gorbachev for.” German parliament honors Gorbachev, who enabled unification 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The recent death of Mikhail Gorbachev is reason to consider the lost opportunity that his leadership of the Soviet Union presented to the world. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Muratov himself has remained in Russia and on Saturday led the funeral procession of Gorbachev, his financial backer and friend. Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia's last independent media, silenced by court 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Thousands turned out for Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral in Moscow on Saturday. Your Monday Briefing: Europe’s Energy Protections 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Sullivan attended the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow. Sullivan concludes tenure as U.S. ambassador to Russia, leaves Moscow 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Gorbachev’s drive for reform and increasing openness set the scene for the peaceful collapse of communism — and one of its key moments, the fall in November 1989 of the Berlin Wall. German parliament honors Gorbachev, who enabled unification 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Bush is often granted much credit for taking no action to hinder the collapse of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev at the end of the Cold War. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Sullivan attended a farewell ceremony in Moscow for former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who died Tuesday. US ambassador to Russia leaving post as Ukraine war drags on 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Thousands turned out for Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral in Moscow. Office Drama 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday aged 91. Sullivan concludes tenure as U.S. ambassador to Russia, leaves Moscow 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Gorbachev remained enduringly popular in Germany, a contrast with how he was viewed in Russia. German parliament honors Gorbachev, who enabled unification 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Gorbachev presented the U.S. with a great opportunity. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The campaign ended only in 1987 when the Reagan administration warned the last Soviet leader, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday, that it would hurt newly warming relations with the West. Russia’s Unfounded Claims of Secret U.S. Bioweapons Linger On and On 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum thinks Gorbachev’s failures to promote democracy, revitalize the economy and fully reckon with the Soviet Union’s past wrongs helped birth today’s autocratic and corrupt Russia. Office Drama 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z The death of Mikhail Gorbachev feels like a news item in one of those stories — a discordant detail in the background to alert us that somehow, somewhen, something went wrong. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z As they remembered Gorbachev last week, German leaders pointed to the contrast with today’s relations with Russia, which are icy following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. German parliament honors Gorbachev, who enabled unification 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z As early as a 1989 meeting with Bush in Malta, Gorbachev must have thought there was great potential in a partnership with the U.S. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The death of Mikhail Gorbachev at age 91 is a sad reminder of Moscow’s inability to bring the old Soviet Union peacefully into the modern age. Opinion | A potential new snag for Putin: The retreat of Jack Frost 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Regarding the Aug. 31 front-page obituary for Mikhail Gorbachev, “Soviet reformer oversaw crumbling of an empire”: Opinion | Gorbachev believed the world was worth saving 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z A December 1988 Gallup poll found Gorbachev ranked second as the man most admired by Americans, behind Ronald Reagan and ahead of George H.W. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z “Today, a deep rift gapes between Russia and Europe where, according to Gorbachev’s vision, a common European house was supposed to arise with Russia and with a common security architecture,” she added. German parliament honors Gorbachev, who enabled unification 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z "The world is leaving one epoch and entering another," Gorbachev said. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, who died Aug. 30 at 91 at a hospital in Moscow, was eulogized at a public memorial service at the House of Unions in the Russian capital. Russia buries Gorbachev and his legacy of glasnost 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z History will remember Mr. Gorbachev as someone who changed the course of the world for the better, because he believed that the world was worth saving — unlike the current occupant of the Kremlin. Opinion | Gorbachev believed the world was worth saving 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z But Gorbachev did not aim to make the Soviet Union into a Western country so much as to repair a system tottering toward stagnation. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Pope Francis on Wednesday praised the late Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as a far-sighted statesman who was committed to improving relations among nations. Amazon says 'Lord of the Rings' prequel sets Prime Video viewership record 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z A creative decision to aid Gorbachev in a major way might have helped his reforms succeed and could have fostered a far more positive transformation of Russia than the one we face today. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin disdained Gorbachev and has previously called the collapse of the Soviet Union a “catastrophe.” Russia buries Gorbachev and his legacy of glasnost 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Mourners have lined up to pay their respects to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War. Mourners pay respects to Mikhail Gorbachev 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z While Gorbachev and his successor, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, still seem to Americans like Westernizing good guys, many Russians blame them for the chaos, crime and impoverishment of the 1990s. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Thousands of Russians traveled to Moscow on Saturday to pay their final respects to Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, who was viewed by some as a great reformist but was reviled by others. Gorbachev’s Funeral Begins in Moscow, With Putin Conspicuously Absent 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Gorbachev was almost begging for such aid and as he himself said: History punishes those who act too late. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, who generally avoided any direct personal criticism of Putin, was reportedly distraught over the current Russian president’s decision to invade Ukraine. Russia buries Gorbachev and his legacy of glasnost 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z In a carefully phrased letter of condolence released Wednesday avoiding explicit praise or criticism, Putin described Gorbachev as a man who left “an enormous impact on the course of world history.” Gorbachev to be buried in modest funeral snubbed by Putin 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Could Gorbachev, who had been one of the most powerful men in the world, really have died in circumstances approaching obscurity while Russia wages a war of conquest against Ukraine? Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Gorbachev died on Tuesday at age 91, after what Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital said was “a long and grave illness.” Gorbachev’s Funeral Begins in Moscow, With Putin Conspicuously Absent 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z A creative decision to aid Gorbachev could have fostered a far more positive transformation of Russia than the one we face today. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z While other former Soviet leaders were buried within the Kremlin walls, Khrushchev was like Gorbachev buried in Novodevichy. Russia buries Gorbachev and his legacy of glasnost 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Putin privately laid flowers at Gorbachev’s coffin at a Moscow hospital where he died. Gorbachev to be buried in modest funeral snubbed by Putin 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Imagine describing that scenario in 1985, when Gorbachev became the youngest leader in Soviet history. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z From the beginning, it was clear that Mr. Gorbachev’s funeral, befitting his legacy, would be much more personal and avoid the aplomb of a grand state ceremony that characterized funerals of his Soviet predecessors. Gorbachev’s Funeral Begins in Moscow, With Putin Conspicuously Absent 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Gorbachev asked to meet with the Group of Seven industrialized nations, where he planned to ask for $100 billion in assistance. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Yet for many liberal-minded Russians, Gorbachev remains a beacon of freedom and a distant memory of a chaotic but promising era that put an end to Soviet stagnation. Russia buries Gorbachev and his legacy of glasnost 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Gorbachev’s very public devotion to his family broke the stuffy mold of previous Soviet leaders, just as his openness to political reform did. Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Thinking about Gorbachev’s death in a world far different from the one he intended to make invites reflections about whether our history went wrong and how it could have gone right. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z High-ranking government officials, members of the Kremlin’s inner circle, did not carry his coffin, a sign by which Kremlinologists used to try to decipher a possible successor before Mr. Gorbachev changed that. Gorbachev’s Funeral Begins in Moscow, With Putin Conspicuously Absent 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Gorbachev told the New York Times on May 23, 1991, that the problems facing the Soviet Union deserved more attention and support from the G7. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The Kremlin said Gorbachev’s ceremony would still have “elements” of a state funeral, and that the state was helping to organize it. Russia buries Gorbachev and his legacy of glasnost 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Co-owned by Gorbachev, it was forced to shut under official pressure after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z That meant most Americans never really understood much about Gorbachev or the transformation of his countries. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Instead, he paid his last respects to Mr. Gorbachev on Thursday, bringing a bouquet of flowers to his coffin at the hospital in Moscow. Gorbachev’s Funeral Begins in Moscow, With Putin Conspicuously Absent 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Yet, Bush, amazingly, felt that aid from the G7 nations would only raise Gorbachev's hopes of financial support for his reforms. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Putin paid a muted tribute to Gorbachev by visiting the hospital where the politician’s body remained after his death. Russia buries Gorbachev and his legacy of glasnost 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Gorbachev’s open attachment to his family also stands in stark contrast to the secrecy that surrounds the private life of Russia’s current leader, President Vladimir Putin. Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Like all leaders of the “evil empire,” Gorbachev began as a villain to Americans. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Addressing Mr. Gorbachev’s “relatives and friends,” Mr. Putin said, “Mikhail Gorbachev was a politician and statesman who had a huge impact on the course of world history.” Gorbachev’s Funeral Begins in Moscow, With Putin Conspicuously Absent 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z In July, the G7 leaders chose not to provide Gorbachev any financial aid. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z But Putin has often criticized Gorbachev’s legacy, albeit while avoiding personal attacks, and famously described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.” Russia buries Gorbachev and his legacy of glasnost 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z “One day we took each other by the hand and went for a walk in the evening. And we walked like that for our whole life,” Gorbachev told Vogue magazine in 2013. Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Partly, favorable impressions of Gorbachev reflected relief at lessening Cold War tensions and the receding likelihood of nuclear fire. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The absence of global representatives at Mr. Gorbachev’s ceremony highlighted Russia’s isolation as its current leader is engaged in a brutal war in Ukraine. Gorbachev’s Funeral Begins in Moscow, With Putin Conspicuously Absent 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Shortly thereafter, without any financial support and with domestic turmoil rapidly mounting, Gorbachev was ousted and the opportunity was gone. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, will be buried in Moscow on Saturday - four days after he died. Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader to be buried 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z For more than two decades after she was gone, Gorbachev kept Raisa’s memory alive and embraced his status as a lonely widower. Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z For Gorbachev and others steeped in the Soviet system, the ultimate course of history was no less certain than for Americans — the timeline just needed some tweaking to come out right. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Gorbachev himself took part in some of them. Gorbachev’s Funeral Begins in Moscow, With Putin Conspicuously Absent 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z The Bush administration failed to seize that critical historical moment, and we are all now facing what Gorbachev termed those "possible consequences." Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z President Putin earlier sent his "deepest condolences", describing how Mikhail Gorbachev, who was 91, had had "a huge impact in the course of history". Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader to be buried 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Their marriage even became the subject of a popular play in Moscow in 2021, “Gorbachev.” Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The blunt fact that Gorbachev’s loss of power coincided with the birth of a democratic Russia left the impression in many Americans’ minds that his reforms had mostly worked. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Shortly after the ceremony on Saturday, Mr. Gorbachev will be buried next to his wife at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. Gorbachev’s Funeral Begins in Moscow, With Putin Conspicuously Absent 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z In little more than six tumultuous years, Gorbachev lifted the Iron Curtain, decisively altering the political climate of the world. This week’s passages 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z He also privately laid flowers at Mr Gorbachev's coffin on Thursday. Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader to be buried 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z One scene recounted a key moment in Gorbachev’s career when he returned to Moscow after the failed communist coup against him in 1991. Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Ironically, Gorbachev became a hero to Americans even as he became a villain at home. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z But when the 15 Soviet republics seized on the same freedoms to demand their independence, Gorbachev was powerless to prevent the collapse of the Union in 1991, six years after he had become its leader. Russia to bury Gorbachev, darling of the West, with a shrug 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z But to many inside Russia, the upheaval Gorbachev had wrought was a disaster. This week’s passages 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z But Saturday's ceremony will not be a state funeral, which many observers say reflects the strained relationship Mr Putin and Mr Gorbachev had. Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader to be buried 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z “I was not married to the country — Russia or the Soviet Union,” Gorbachev wrote in his memoirs. Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The real-life background to the commercial, in which Gorbachev’s straitened financial circumstances made him willing to become a pitchman for pizza, spoke volumes about how history had already gone off the rails for him. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow on Saturday, a State Department spokesperson said on Friday. U.S. ambassador to Russia will attend Gorbachev funeral -State Dept 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Gorbachev promised and delivered greater openness as he set out to restructure his country’s society and faltering economy. This week’s passages 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Most recently, Mr Gorbachev was said to have been unhappy with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, even though he had supported the annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in 2014. Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader to be buried 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Despite his attachment to family, Gorbachev lived out his life in Russia while they live in Germany. Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z If Gorbachev did not experience the history he hoped for, it is also fair to observe that Americans have not lived out the future we expected, either. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z A woman walks next to a sculpture of Mikhail Gorbachev in memory of the final leader of the Soviet Union, at the "Fathers of Unity" memorial in Berlin, Germany August 31, 2022. Factbox: Honour or disgrace - how Russia has buried its past leaders 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Putin privately laid flowers at Gorbachev’s coffin on Thursday because of what the Kremlin described as the president’s busy schedule that would prevent him from attending the funeral. Gorbachev to be buried in low-key funeral snubbed by Putin 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The hospital in Moscow where Mr Gorbachev died on Tuesday said in a short statement that he had been suffering from a long and serious illness. Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader to be buried 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and the person most closely associated with the Aspen event died Tuesday at age 91. From Gorbachev to Putin: How economics failed Russia 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Instead, the Russian leader on Thursday visited the Moscow hospital where Gorbachev died aged 91 two days earlier, and placed red roses beside the late politician's coffin. Putin no-show at Gorbachev funeral sends deliberate message - veteran journalist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The Kremlin said Putin was working on Saturday and too busy to attend, but he paid his respects on Thursday at the hospital where Gorbachev died. Factbox: Honour or disgrace - how Russia has buried its past leaders 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z If the Kremlin had declared a state funeral for Gorbachev, it would have made it awkward for Putin to ignore the event. Gorbachev to be buried in low-key funeral snubbed by Putin 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Gorbachev made one ill-fated attempt to return to political life in 1996, receiving just 0.5% of the vote in presidential elections. Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader to be buried 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z It was Gorbachev’s reforms of “perestroika, restructuring, and “glasnost,” openness, that ended the stagnation of the Leonid Brezhnev years, freed political prisoners and opened Moscow to the West. From Gorbachev to Putin: How economics failed Russia 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z According to Vladimir Pozner, a veteran journalist who interviewed Gorbachev many times and who knows Russia's political elite well, Putin's decision not to attend the funeral was a calculated one. Putin no-show at Gorbachev funeral sends deliberate message - veteran journalist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z This week’s top photos include those documenting the death of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and the return to school of Ukrainian refugees in Romania. AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In a carefully-phrased letter of condolence released Wednesday avoiding explicit praise or criticism, Putin described Gorbachev as a man who left “an enormous impact on the course of world history.” Gorbachev to be buried in low-key funeral snubbed by Putin 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The latest episode of “The Daily” is on Mikhail Gorbachev. Your Friday Briefing 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously told President Ronald Reagan that Gorbachev was “a man one could do business with.” From Gorbachev to Putin: How economics failed Russia 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z "And I don’t think that Mr Putin is a particular fan of Mr Gorbachev. That’s his right, he doesn’t have to be. I think they saw the world very differently." Putin no-show at Gorbachev funeral sends deliberate message - veteran journalist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z “What was the score? Was the development we were reporting good or bad for Gorbachev, a win or a loss?” Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The Russian public has remained similarly divided over Gorbachev’s legacy, with some praising him for ending the Cold War and shedding seven decades of totalitarian rule and others accusing him of betrayal. Gorbachev to be buried in low-key funeral snubbed by Putin 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The latest episode of “The Daily” is on how Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, changed the world. Your Thursday Briefing: U.N. Accuses China of Possible ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z But Gorbachev couldn’t tinker a communist system into a sustainable economy or a political entity: 15 former Soviet republics became independent nations in late 1991. From Gorbachev to Putin: How economics failed Russia 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Putin's decision to launch what he called "a special military operation" in Ukraine appears aimed at reversing, at least in part, the collapse which Gorbachev failed to prevent. Putin no-show at Gorbachev funeral sends deliberate message - veteran journalist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z It was hard for reporters in Moscow to get close enough to Gorbachev to ask those questions. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In much of the West, Mikhail S. Gorbachev is hailed as the farsighted visionary who brought the Cold War to a peaceful conclusion. For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev's position on Ukraine was complex and contradictory in his own mind, said Palazhchenko, because the late politician still believed in the idea of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z None of it would be recognizable to Gorbachev, who in his last years called for more democracy in Russia as Putin made himself president for life. From Gorbachev to Putin: How economics failed Russia 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Gorbachev's body will lie in state on Saturday in Moscow's Hall of Columns, a grand venue near the Kremlin that hosted the funerals of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev. Putin no-show at Gorbachev funeral sends deliberate message - veteran journalist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Gorbachev “smiled, said nothing, extended his hand for a shake, then walked away.” Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The collapse of the Soviet Union was not the only result of Mr. Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika. For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z But Gorbachev would not have waged war to restore the now defunct country he presided over from 1985-1991, he suggested. Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev's funeral, which will be open to the public, will take place in Moscow's Hall of Columns. Putin will not attend Gorbachev's funeral 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z But though Gorbachev will be given a military guard of honour his funeral will not be a state one. Putin no-show at Gorbachev funeral sends deliberate message - veteran journalist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z During the next few years, Gorbachev built his foundation, a think tank designed to defend his legacy, and he toured the world, often drawing huge enthusiastic crowds. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “We now see the ambivalence of Gorbachev’s legacy in Africa reflected in the reluctance of some African leaders, a number of them educated in the U.S.S.R., to condemn unequivocally Putin’s war against Ukraine.” For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z While Gorbachev believed his duty was to show Putin respect and support, his former interpreter said he spoke out publicly when he disagreed with him such as on the treatment of the media. Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's last leader, the Kremlin has confirmed. Putin will not attend Gorbachev's funeral 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Pozner suggested that Yeltsin's desire to eclipse Gorbachev, whom he loathed, may have been one of the reasons the Soviet Union fell. Putin no-show at Gorbachev funeral sends deliberate message - veteran journalist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z When Barack Obama was elected in 2008, Russians called him the American Gorbachev because of his promises to bring change. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In a different era in China, among another group of intellectuals, Mr. Gorbachev was received with greater enthusiasm. For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Visibly angered by criticism of Gorbachev since his death by some people on social media whom he called "haters", Palazhchenko said his former employer thought history would judge him rightly. Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z He said the Russian leader had paid his respects at the Moscow hospital where Gorbachev died on Tuesday, aged 91. Putin will not attend Gorbachev's funeral 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Putin called the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, over which Gorbachev unwittingly presided, the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century which he would reverse if given a chance. Putin no-show at Gorbachev funeral sends deliberate message - veteran journalist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Interested to hear what the real Gorbachev had to say, the AP sat down with him one evening at his foundation. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In May of that year, Mr. Gorbachev visited the Chinese capital, bringing with him a spotlight on the protesters gathered in Tiananmen. For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan, the bald, moustachioed figure of Palazhchenko can be seen time and again at Gorbachev's side, leaning in to capture and relay every word. Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev's reforms helped end the Cold War, but saw the demise of the Soviet Union, which Mr Putin has lamented. Putin will not attend Gorbachev's funeral 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev died at the age of 91 in a Moscow hospital on Tuesday. Gorbachev played a positive role, but 'under duress', Walesa says 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev was proud of his part in bringing an end to the Cold War and the nuclear arms race, and wanted that legacy preserved. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “The West might celebrate Gorbachev as a hero, but for the Communist Party in China his career was one crowned by failure, and the loud applause of the West only confirmed that,” Mr. Brown said. For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Now 73, he is well placed to know the late politician's state of mind in the period before he died, having seen him in recent months and been in touch with Gorbachev's daughter Irina. Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Mr Peskov said Gorbachev's ceremony would have "elements" of a state funeral and that the state was helping to organise it. Putin will not attend Gorbachev's funeral 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Even 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gorbachev was hailed with chants of “Gorby! Gorby!” as he attended a ceremony in 2014 marking the anniversary in the reunited capital. Gorbachev remembered fondly in Germany for enabling unity 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z For some of them, though, it was the warmth of an aging Gorbachev that they remember. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Assessing Mr. Gorbachev’s legacy, China’s leaders see, “not a free Russia but one subject to poverty, chaos, corruption and, in the end, the aggressive nationalism of Putin today,” Mr. Brown said. For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, who was 91 when he died on Tuesday from an unspecified illness, had family connections to Ukraine, said Palazhchenko. Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Putin’s decision to pay a private visit to the hospital while staying away from Saturday’s public farewell ceremony combined with uncertainty surrounding the funeral’s status reflects the Kremlin’s divided thinking on the legacy of Gorbachev. Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but won’t attend his funeral 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The Cold War border that split Germany into capitalist West and communist East after World War II looked set in stone when Gorbachev came to power in the mid-1980s. Gorbachev remembered fondly in Germany for enabling unity 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev was a man who changed the world, and the AP was there. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Asked if Gorbachev will be given a state funeral, Peskov said the funeral will have “elements” of state funeral, such as honorary guards, and the government will help organize them. Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but won’t attend his funeral 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z He was speaking at the Moscow headquarters of the Gorbachev Foundation where he works, and where Gorbachev kept an office dominated by a giant portrait of his late wife Raisa whose father was from Ukraine. Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had paid his respects on Thursday morning by visiting Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital, where Gorbachev died on Tuesday. Putin will not attend Gorbachev funeral due to scheduling constraints - Kremlin 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “And that it then happened — in peace and freedom, without a drop of blood, couldn’t have been imagined without Gorbachev.” Gorbachev remembered fondly in Germany for enabling unity 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev came to power in 1985 with no less of a goal than to transform the Soviet Union and the lives of his fellow citizens, many still desperately poor. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Putin’s decision to pay a private visit to the hospital while staying away from Saturday’s public farewell ceremony combined with uncertainty surrounding the funeral’s status reflect the Kremlin’s divided thinking on the legacy of Gorbachev. Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but won’t attend his funeral 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z While in office, Gorbachev tried to keep the Soviet Union's 15 republics, including Ukraine, together but failed after reforms he set in motion emboldened many of them to demand independence. Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan implored him to “tear down this wall” in a speech at the Berlin Wall, Gorbachev did so, indirectly, by not intervening in populist anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Former Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in East Germany and worked as a scientist there, said that “Mikhail Gorbachev radically changed my life as well — I will never forget that.” Gorbachev remembered fondly in Germany for enabling unity 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Shorn of his security detail and big limousine, Gorbachev was carrying his suit coat over his shoulder as he walked back to a simple Volga sedan. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In Wednesday’s telegram of condolences released by the Kremlin, Putin praised Gorbachev as a man who left “an enormous impact on the course of world history.” Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but won’t attend his funeral 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Once inside, other diners gape as Mikhail Gorbachev — the last leader of the Soviet Union, who helped end the Cold War — sits down for a slice. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z But at home, Gorbachev’s economic reforms didn’t go well. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Soon after taking power in Moscow, Gorbachev had started the process of reform and increasing openness. Gorbachev remembered fondly in Germany for enabling unity 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “Gorbachev, the former president of the USSR, looked at me, looked at my tape recorder and said, ‘This we don’t need!’ and knocked my recorder out of my hand to the ground. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Peskov said that Gorbachev was an “extraordinary” statesman who will “always remain in the country’s history,” but noted what he described as his idealistic view of the West. Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but won’t attend his funeral 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In the minute-long, 25-year-old Pizza Hut ad — which resurfaced Tuesday after Russian news agencies announced that Gorbachev had died at 91 — fellow diners are divided on his legacy. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z In the end, many in Russia felt Gorbachev had left them with broken promises, dashed hopes and a weakened, humiliated country. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, who recalled growing up amid the horrors of Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union, said that he had forgiven the Germans. Gorbachev remembered fondly in Germany for enabling unity 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Friedman had seen a more amiable, if wistful, Gorbachev at a going-away party for his staff on Dec. 26, 1991, the day after his nationally televised address in which he announced his resignation as president. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent his 22 years in power relentlessly hacking down the legacy of the reformist Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z It took a year of negotiations to get Gorbachev to agree to it. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z For him, much of what Gorbachev did was a mistake. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “Instead, Mikhail Gorbachev reproached the aging East German leadership with the sentence: ‘Life punishes those who come too late.’” Gorbachev remembered fondly in Germany for enabling unity 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It was mostly the amiable Gorbachev who greeted correspondents in his years out of power. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In Putin’s condolence telegram to Gorbachev’s family and friends, his attitude was conveyed in what he did not say, according to analysts. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The value of Gorbachev’s pension plummeted after the fall of the Soviet Union, Foreign Policy reported. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z He has also embarked on a massive effort to modernize and expand Russia’s military might, moving away from arms-control accords that Gorbachev agreed to. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said, “also stands for how relations between Russia and Europe could have developed.” Gorbachev remembered fondly in Germany for enabling unity 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “Gorbachev’s wife, Raisa, gave me a look that seemed to be a mix of gratitude that I had bothered to show up and embarrassment at the pitiful turnout,” Ryckman said. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z He did not praise Gorbachev’s greatest reforms, merely noting that the Soviet leader understood the need for change and “strove to offer his own social reforms to our urgent problems.” Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Soon everyone’s raising a slice to chants of “Hail to Gorbachev!” How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Putin’s war in Ukraine, his human rights violations and the 2014 annexation of Crimea have drawn massive international sanctions that are reversing the cultural and economic ties that Gorbachev fostered. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Though Gorbachev’s death poses little risk to the reputation of the party ahead of the meeting, it comes at an inconvenient time. Chinese react to Gorbachev’s death, accuse him of selling out Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z For journalists working in Moscow, Gorbachev was of interest mainly as the anniversaries of the 1991 pivotal events rolled around. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev initially welcomed Putin’s presidency, but called his third term in 2012 “a mistake.” Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Still, Gorbachev’s daring moves proved to be a double-edged sword in a country that has historically valued strongmen. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z While one might expect Gorbachev to have been more critical of Putin, he did condemn NATO’s eastward expansion and said the West bungled the chance offered by the Cold War’s end. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z For some in China, Gorbachev was a leader whose life and achievements should be respected. Chinese react to Gorbachev’s death, accuse him of selling out Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “These five years have proved all that I said — that the breakup of the Soviet Union would bring grave calamity for Russia and all the other republics,” Gorbachev said. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev’s daughter said a memorial would be held in the old Soviet House of Unions, in a ceremonial room known as Pillars Hall. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z In the same survey, 58 percent of Russians polled rated Stalin positively, while 22 percent rated Gorbachev positively. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Before Gorbachev rose to power, Reagan in 1983 famously branded Russia an “evil empire.” History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “Go in peace,” internet users wrote under search results for Gorbachev’s name on the Baidu engine Wednesday. Chinese react to Gorbachev’s death, accuse him of selling out Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “When we posed for a photograph before leaving, Gorbachev linked his arm around mine,” Berry said. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Gorbachev’s reforms promoted freedom of speech, truth-telling and “glasnost,” or openness, allowing new media outlets to spring up — policies reversed by Putin and the hard-liners in his circle. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z They filmed on Thanksgiving, and as the crew ate pizza instead of turkey, Gorbachev stood up and insisted on serving the slices, he recalled. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The Cold War that Gorbachev helped end is back. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The denigration of Gorbachev underlines the lengths the party and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have gone to forge a path different from the one taken by the reformist Soviet leader. Chinese react to Gorbachev’s death, accuse him of selling out Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z While largely ignored in Russia, Gorbachev remained a figure of historical importance to the rest of the world. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Among Russians, Putin is hardly alone in his view of Gorbachev. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The final product reflects Gorbachev’s complicated legacy, said Jenny Kaminer, a professor of Russian at the University of California at Davis. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Such are history’s bookends between Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, and Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Within China, historians have long debated whether structural issues or the individual decisions of leaders like Gorbachev caused the collapse of the Soviet Union. Chinese react to Gorbachev’s death, accuse him of selling out Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, then 80, talked animatedly about the Arab Spring demonstrations in Egypt following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Communists and hard-liners consider Gorbachev a traitor for allowing East European countries to break free of Soviet control, and for presiding over the dissolution of the Communist Party in 1991. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev was aware of the negative views from Russians. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z In many ways, Gorbachev, who died Tuesday, unwittingly enabled Putin. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Shortly after coming to power in 2012, Xi appeared to side with blaming Gorbachev in a speech circulated among officials but not carried in state media. Chinese react to Gorbachev’s death, accuse him of selling out Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The Moscow-friendly president of Ukraine had just been ousted after months of protests, which Gorbachev attributed to the president’s failure “to act democratically.” Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The Kremlin on Wednesday focused on Gorbachev’s role as the leader of a powerful state who wrought historical change — and who would be remembered for better or worse. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev's boldest political move in the Putin era? How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The forces Gorbachev unleashed spun out of control, led to his downfall and the Soviet Union’s collapse. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Cadres were ordered to watch a six-part documentary on the collapse of the Soviet Union, with a focus on the “bitter lessons” of Gorbachev’s leadership — which was released again in July. Chinese react to Gorbachev’s death, accuse him of selling out Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Over tea served with lemon in a darkened and ornate hotel room, Gorbachev shared his fears for Ukraine. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Skabeyeva praised Chinese state media, which she said “highlighted the naivete and immaturity of Gorbachev, whose devotion to the West plunged the country into an era of economic and political instability.” Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Tuesday wasn’t the first time Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad made the rounds. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Since coming to power in 1999, Putin has been taking a hard line that resulted in a near-complete reversal of Gorbachev’s reforms. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Another documentary about Gorbachev was being reposted to social media on Wednesday, with commentators adding to criticism of the former leader. Chinese react to Gorbachev’s death, accuse him of selling out Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z In December 2016, the 25th anniversary of the Soviet collapse, Gorbachev spoke bitterly of the West’s failure to provide vital aid in the 1990s, calling it a wasted chance to build a safer world. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The two rarely met, and Gorbachev, who died Tuesday in Moscow at age 91, cautiously couched his remarks about the Russian leader, even when they weren’t critical. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev would later see some of the freedoms celebrated in that commercial reversed under Putin. How Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut ad came to be — and why it still reflects his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z When Gorbachev came to power as Soviet leader in 1985, he was younger and more vibrant than his predecessors. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z After Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91, all eyes turned to Vladimir Putin, the leader of Russia. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z By the time Russia invaded Ukraine in February of this year, Gorbachev’s health was too poor for him to tell the world what he thought. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Putin’s disdain for Gorbachev and evident ambivalence about his death highlights a stark gap in global public opinion. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Margaret Thatcher, the conservative British prime minister, had declared that Mr. Gorbachev was a “man we can do business with.” How Reagan and Bush Overcame Skepticism to Collaborate With Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev brought the promise of a brighter future. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z He called Gorbachev a “statesman” who “deeply understood that reforms were necessary” and “strove to offer his own solutions to urgent problems.” Your Thursday Briefing 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose death was announced on Tuesday, is hailed in much of the West as a visionary who brought the Cold War to a peaceful conclusion. Your Thursday Briefing: How Authoritarians See Mikhail Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “That is a myth to a certain extent. He talks about pride and power, but ignores the reality of the problems and dysfunction that Gorbachev came to power to deal with.” Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Gorbachev was charming and presented himself as a new-generation modernizer, but neither Reagan nor Bush was convinced he was for real. How Reagan and Bush Overcame Skepticism to Collaborate With Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z While mostly refraining from direct criticism, Putin implies that Gorbachev sold out to the West. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z But Putin did not mention the war in Ukraine, where he is fighting to reverse Gorbachev’s legacy. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In a conciliatory statement, Putin called Gorbachev a “statesman” who “strove to offer his own solutions to urgent problems.” Your Thursday Briefing: How Authoritarians See Mikhail Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “The conventional wisdom became that Gorbachev was a kind of failure,” Galeotti said. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “He confirms what I believe that Gorbachev will be as tough as any of their leaders. If he wasn’t a confirmed ideologue he never would have been chosen” by the Politburo, Reagan wrote. How Reagan and Bush Overcame Skepticism to Collaborate With Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z At home, Gorbachev introduced two sweeping and dramatic policies — “glasnost” or openness — and “perestroika,” a restructuring of Soviet society. History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The Kremlin: Soon after Gorbachev’s death, it became clear that he would not be venerated by the Kremlin as other former leaders had been. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Quotable: “All of Gorbachev’s reforms are now zero, in ashes, in smoke,” the radio journalist Aleksei A. Venediktov, a friend of Gorbachev, said in July. Your Thursday Briefing: How Authoritarians See Mikhail Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z He noted that while Gorbachev supported the annexation of Crimea, he also questioned recent election results and tacitly criticized Putin. Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Even as Mr. Gorbachev began loosening the reins on the Soviet empire, Reagan pushed him to go further, traveling to Berlin in 1987 and challenging him to “tear down this wall.” How Reagan and Bush Overcame Skepticism to Collaborate With Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z But Mr. Clinton’s was not an isolated Panglossian view in the West in the decade after Mr. Gorbachev’s actions led to the end of the Cold War and the end of the Soviet Union. The West’s Illusions About Gorbachev and the Victory of Liberalism 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z A column published by the state news agency said Gorbachev could “serve as an illustration that good intentions of a national leader can create hell on earth for a whole country.” Your Thursday Briefing 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Interview: Gorbachev spoke with The Times in 2016, shrugging off how he remained among the most reviled men in Russia. Your Thursday Briefing: How Authoritarians See Mikhail Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “And therefore, I think there has begun to be a sort of a more specific attempt to demonize Gorbachev as not being patriotic enough.” Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z And he praised Mr. Gorbachev for the change. How Reagan and Bush Overcame Skepticism to Collaborate With Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Still, it was no more idealistic than Mr. Gorbachev’s belief in a reformed communist society that was more open to individual initiative, more democratic, and ultimately more free. The West’s Illusions About Gorbachev and the Victory of Liberalism 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Global reaction: Western leaders remembered Gorbachev as an honest reformer and hailed him as a visionary. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Mikhail Gorbachev changed the world, without entirely meaning to. John Simpson: Mikhail Gorbachev was a man of decency but not vision 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday aged 91, travelled to the Vatican in December, 1989, to hold a historic meeting with Pope John Paul II. Pope Francis praises Gorbachev as far-sighted statesman 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z During another trip to Moscow a year after leaving office, Reagan told reporters that “President Gorbachev and I discovered a sort of a bond, a friendship between us.” How Reagan and Bush Overcame Skepticism to Collaborate With Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z In the same 1988 speech to the United Nations, Mr. Gorbachev also said something long unthinkable in a Soviet leader: “We are, of course, far from claiming to have infallible truth.” The West’s Illusions About Gorbachev and the Victory of Liberalism 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev was a divisive, often-detested figure in Russia, and the state he led — the Soviet Union — no longer exists. Gorbachev’s funeral, burial will reflect his varied legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev wouldn't let the East German authorities open fire on the crowds and without force there was no way of stopping the demonstrations. John Simpson: Mikhail Gorbachev was a man of decency but not vision 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Mikhail Gorbachev was lionised by the West for lifting the Iron Curtain and ending the Cold War, but opinion is far more negative in Russia and much of its old communist empire. Gorbachev: Little love for late Soviet leader in Russia's old empire 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z After taking office, Bush put the relationship on hold for months pending a policy review, what came to be known as “the pause,” much to Mr. Gorbachev’s consternation. How Reagan and Bush Overcame Skepticism to Collaborate With Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “This was Mr. Gorbachev’s double renunciation, and of course what Putin is doing today is precisely the contrary,” said Jacques Rupnik, a French political scientist focused on central Europe. The West’s Illusions About Gorbachev and the Victory of Liberalism 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev was praised Tuesday by some world leaders, including U.S. Gorbachev’s funeral, burial will reflect his varied legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z A feeble coup attempt against Gorbachev by the KGB in August 1991 quickly failed, but it weakened his hold on power, and by the end of the year Boris Yeltsin had elbowed him brutally aside. John Simpson: Mikhail Gorbachev was a man of decency but not vision 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Even the Russian president's statement was limited in its praise - saying Gorbachev had "deeply understood that reforms were necessary and sought to offer his own solutions to urgent problems". Gorbachev: Little love for late Soviet leader in Russia's old empire 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “Gorbachev needed Bush’s recognition, support and, most critically, money,” said Mr. Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University. How Reagan and Bush Overcame Skepticism to Collaborate With Gorbachev 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “Gorbachev detonated something he could not control. He made history but he did not know what history he was making.” The West’s Illusions About Gorbachev and the Victory of Liberalism 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Gorbachev, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who died Tuesday, is to lie in state on Saturday in Moscow’s House of Unions. Gorbachev’s funeral, burial will reflect his varied legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z |
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