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Gorbachev remembered: Respected in the West, detested in Russia

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is dead. Given the tributes being paid to him in the West for his efforts to end the Cold War, it might be difficult to appreciate just how unpopular he became in his native Russia.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: southern Africans have a special reason to thank him

The whole world has much to thank Mikhail Gorbachev for. As many have pointed out since his death in Moscow earlier this week, Gorbachev – the last leader of the Soviet Union – did more than anyone to bring the Cold War to an end peacefully, reducing the threat that…

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Why was Gorbachev so popular in West, so unpopular in Russia?

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev prompted gushing tributes from across the West on Wednesday but much less of a reaction in Russia. FRANCE 24 examines why Gorbachev is lionised in the West for his role in ending the Cold War, but scorned in Russia for overseeing the collapse of the…

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How Gorbachev's 'perestroika' resonated on the African continent

The late Mikhail Gorbachev is praised in the West for helping to end the Cold War and a bipolar world in which Soviet-allied African countries found themselves at the mercy of strategic struggles between Washington and Moscow. Released from the 'bear-hug', some states faired better than others.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: five things you need to know

Mikhail Gorbachev was a voice of sanity in a crazy cold war world, and his death marks the end of a particular era in 20th century history. During his time as leader of the Soviet Union (1985-1991), Gorbachev brought about enormous change in Russian politics and society, in international relations,…

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‘It took me decades to realise what Gorbachev gave me’

Mansur Mirovalev reflects on the Soviet leader, who has died at 91.

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TfL secures bailout, everyone is unhappy

The UK government is no stranger to unequal treaties. The most infamous of all was the Treaty of Nanjing, which ended the First Opium War (1839-1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: The contradictory legacy of Soviet leader who attempted 'revolution from above'

Mikhail Gorbachev was a contradictory figure; his legacy, complex. Hailed in the West as a democrat and liberator of his people – which he genuinely was – he increasingly became despised by many within Russia for destroying the Soviet Union and dismantling a great power.

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While rest of EU mourns, Baltics recall Gorbachev as agent of repression

Widely praised in the West as a towering statesman who helped end the Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev was remembered in the Baltic states on Wednesday as a repressive autocrat who unsuccessfully tried to stop them from breaking away from the Soviet Union.

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Funeral of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to take place on Saturday -media reports

The funeral of the Soviet Union's last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday in Moscow aged 91, will take place on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, citing Gorbachev's daughter and a spokesperson for his foundation.

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Major events in the life and career of Mikhail Gorbachev

The Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along

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A peaceful yet radical social transformer: Mikhail Gorbachev leaves a blazing legacy

No western leader could have predicted his progressive reforms. But war between his country and Ukraine was a devastating blow, says Archie Brown, an emeritus professor of politics at Oxford University

The Guardian - UK

Glasnost with Gorbachev: Photos of the former Soviet leader - Roll Call

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died Tuesday at the age of 91. Check out our archival photos of his time on the Hill.

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How Mikhail Gorbachev saw his life’s legacy destroyed under Vladimir Putin

Wrecking what Gorbachev sought to achieve has made Russia more vulnerable, as Kim Sengupta explains

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Pro-Kremlin commentators criticise Gorbachev’s legacy of ‘instability’

‘We are still correcting his mistakes,’ says one Russian parliamentarian

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Slice of life: Gorbachev's Pizza Hut ad a time capsule.

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From Simpsons to Spitting Image: Gorbachev the pop culture icon

After his time in office, the Soviet leader stayed a familiar face in the west – and one of his ads perhaps contained a hidden message

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Mikhail Gorbachev had ‘huge impact on course of world history’, says Putin in tribute

Mikhail Gorbachev lead the Soviet Union from 1985 until its collapse in 1991

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Gorbachev’s successors: who led Russia after the last leader of the Soviet Union?

Three people have been president of Russia since the Soviet Union disintegrated

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The Standard View: Mikhail Gorbachev’s passing marks the end of an extraordinary time in world history

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev last night marks the end of an extraordinary time in world history, when the apparently inexorable changes that followed the Second World War were undone. He was the man who, more than anyone, drew back the Iron Curtain.

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Why did Mikhail Gorbachev star in a Pizza Hut advert in the 90s?

The TV ad sees Gorbachev at a Pizza Hut restaurant in Moscow with his granddaughter

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Voices: Mikhail Gorbachev was a hero of our time

Former foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind pays tribute to a great statesman

Evening Standard

In age of Putin’s aggression, we should salute Gorbachev’s integrity, says Boris

World leaders offer their tributes to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Russian president who helped bring down the Iron Curtain

Evening Standard

Who was Mikhail Gorbachev’s wife, Raisa Gorbacheva?

The political activist died in 1999

Evening Standard

My dear friend Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who changed the world

He ended the Cold War and the nuclear arms race. Here the Evening Standard proprietor remembers a political titan, a loving husband and a big-hearted man

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