Mikhail Gorbachev
- Opinion
- Death
From Warnie to Olivia Newton-John, 2022 has been a year of real tears
We don’t know most of these high-profile individuals but when celebrities die, a sense of grief often resonates.
- Stephen Brook
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- Opinion
- Putin's Russia
Russia’s economic nightmare after Gorbachev
Most articles on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev dwell on the political failure of his reform project. Yet Russia’s economic failures in the aftermath were spectacular, and helped pave the way for Putinism.
- Paul Krugman
Hundreds line up to farewell Gorbachev, Putin isn’t one of them
The many Western heads of state will also be absent, kept away by the chasm in east-west relations that has been opened up by the invasion of Ukraine.
- Jim Heintz and Vladimir Isachenkov
- Opinion
- Russia
On the rails with Gorbachev, in the twilight of the Cold War
None of us on that train in the winter of 1988 could have imagined it, but we were travelling, inspired by Gorbachev, towards an end to the 20th century as we had known it.
- Tony Wright
Lukoil boss, whose company condemned Ukraine invasion, found dead after ‘hospital fall’
At least six other Russian businessmen, most with ties to the energy industry, have died suddenly in unclear circumstances in the past few months.
- Rob Harris
- Analysis
- Putin's Russia
Gorbachev: the leader who presided over the end of his own empire
A towering figure beyond his own country, he was less fondly regarded inside Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
- Deborah Snow
Former president of the Soviet Union whose reforms brought end to Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev was a different kind of Russian leader – one with whom Western leaders could do business.
How Mikhail Gorbachev came to spruik Pizza Hut, Louis Vuitton
The ad featured the last leader of the Soviet Union sitting down at a Moscow outlet of Pizza Hut with his granddaughter to enjoy one of the largest icons of capitalism - an American fast food chain.
Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who helped end the Cold War, dies
The Russian helped end the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- David Ljunggren
- Analysis
- Glasgow summit
Like Reagan and Gorbachev, Biden and Xi can unite when it matters
While Biden and Xi have berated each other on the world stage, their climate envoys have been working behind the scenes towards common goals.
- Matthew Knott
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