As if he sensed that his achievements were being rolled back; that Russia was re-embracing authoritarianism and East-West confrontation was returning. In the interview, Gorbachev recalled his ...

And this is the most important achievement, which we have not fully come to grips with in part because we still have not learned how to use our freedom.” There was little in Gorbachev’s ...

play Gorbachev and the 'Iron Lady' Gorbachev struck up a frank and fierce relationship with British PM, Margaret Thatcher. In 1984 Gorbachev travelled to Britain as part of a trade delegation.

Gorbachev died on Aug ... But any evaluation of his achievements always had two sides. Western nations were enthralled by his efforts to promote perestroika in the totalitarian state of the ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mr Gorbachev took power in 1985 and introduced reforms, as well as opening up the Soviet ...

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 ...