"You're next," said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an ...

Gorbachev was a hero in Israel, where a potato was named for him and where he said he regretted the antisemitism that led to an exodus of Soviet Jews. (JTA) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet ...

Most Americans live hand-to-mouth, even if their lives are better than in developing countries. When Trump takes away their ...

MOSCOW--Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War ...

What was finally necessary was for a Soviet leader to recognize that the status quo would not hold, and to negotiate for a safe way out. That was what Mikhail Gorbachev did. We were suspicious ...

Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Appointed in 1985, Gorbachev's domestic reforms and nuclear disarmament deals helped end the Cold War but ultimately led to ...

What is it about Putin that sets him apart from Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, and Gorbachev in the eyes and ... and lessening tensions with our Soviet enemy. Liberal Democrats and others on ...

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Mar 2, 1931-Aug 30, 2022).

March 7, 2013 – In an interview with the BBC, Gorbachev is critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin and says, “For goodness sake, you shouldn’t be afraid of your own people.” ...