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Mikhail Gorbachev, the late last leader of the Soviet Union and architect of perestroika, led the country through “dramatic” and challenging times, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.   Gorbachev passed away at the age of 91 on Tuesday.   “Mikhail Gorbachev was a politician and statesman who made a …

US President Joe Biden expressed his deepest condolences over the death of Mikhail Gorbachev to his family and friends, praising his willingness to “risk his entire career” for a “safer world and greater freedom for millions of people.” “When he came to power, the Cold War had gone on for …

Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only president of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, in Moscow. His death was reported on Tuesday night by the Central Clinical Hospital, which said in a statement that “Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev died this evening after a serious and prolonged illness.” …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his “deepest condolences” on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev to his family and friends, the Kremlin said shortly after midnight on Wednesday. The president will “send a telegram” to Gorbachev’s relatives in the morning, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti. The Soviet Union’s first and …

The families of six people who lost their lives amid a Soviet crackdown against Lithuania’s pro-independence government have filed a lawsuit in the capital, Vilnius, against the USSR’s last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. The lawsuit, which was initiated on Thursday on the 31st anniversary of the event, seeks undisclosed damages for …

After the Americans declared victory in the Cold War, they became overly self-confident and have now decided to build a brand new empire through the guise of NATO, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev said on Friday. Speaking to RIA Novosti, Gorbachev accused Washington of becoming too big-headed after the fall …

The study, conducted by the state-owned Russian Public Opinion Research Center (WCIOM), also discovered that cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, is the most beloved man of the Soviet era for modern Russian citizens. Of the 1,600 people surveyed, 20% named Gorbachev as the most hated person of …

Speaking this week, the one-time leader admitted mistakes were made during his time in office, but maintained that his policy of perestroika – the restructuring of the crisis-hit superpower – was the right thing to do. Those criticizing the plan “have either forgotten or don’t want to remember what the moral and …

Now, the legendary statesman believes that this week’s storming of the Capitol in Washington is indicative of a threat to the US’ continued existence in its present form. Speaking to Interfax, Gorbachev explained that the riots in Washington on January 6 “called into question the future fate of the United …

Denouncing the former Soviet leader, Senator cannon has forgotten his place in his retinue The last leader of the Communist party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev did not found an answer to the accusations of Senator Alexei Pushkov in geopolitical capitulation. Because the answer is really no describing Gorbachev’s …