Mikhail Gorbachev the last leader of the Soviet Union has died aged 91 reported the BBC. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his deepest condolences on Mr Gorbachev’s death, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agency Interfax, according to Reuters. European Union President Ursula von der Leyen praised him as a “trusted and respected leader” who […]
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Last Leader Of The USSR, Dies At 91
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, died Tuesday at the age of 91. His death followed “a severe and prolonged illness,” Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital told state-owned Russian news agency RIA Novosti, per CNN. The Associated Press cited other Russian news agencies TASS and Interfax as similarly reporting that Gorbachev had died. Gorbachev, […]
Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War dies at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, has died aged 91. Best known for bringing about the end of the Cold War, Gorbachev waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire. Only in power for seven years, he unleashed a breathtaking series of reforms, which resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing […]
Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War dies at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, has died aged 91. Best known for bringing about the end of the Cold War, Gorbachev waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire. Only in power for seven years, he unleashed a breathtaking series of reforms, which resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing […]
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev Dead At 91: Russian News Agencies
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, died Tuesday at the age of 91. His death followed “a severe and prolonged illness,” Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital told state-owned Russian news agency RIA Novosti, per CNN. The Associated Press cited other Russian news agencies TASS and Interfax as similarly reporting that Gorbachev had died. Gorbachev, […]
Newly-Declassified Documents Show Western Leaders Promised Gorbachev that NATO Would Not Move “One Inch Closer” to Russia
All the Western foreign ministers were on board with Genscher, Kohl, and Baker. Next came the British foreign minister, Douglas Hurd, on April 11, 1990. *** Hurd reinforced the Baker-Genscher-Kohl message in his meeting with Gorbachev in Moscow, April 11, 1990, saying that Britain clearly recognized the importance of doing nothing to prejudice Soviet interests […]
ALERT: The “Iranian 9/11″ War Ploy (+ Gorbachev and the New World Order)
[Update 9 – 23 October 2017] – Gorbachev and the New World Order I stumbled across an article this morning that I’ve added to The Rockefeller Plan for the BRICS New World Order, in their own words… Here is the section that features the new addition: BEGIN EXCERPT>>> But the Cold War, just like the current […]
‘Return to sanity’: Gorbachev calls for US-Russia summit amid fears of nuclear treaty collapse
“This December will mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the treaty between the Soviet Union and United States on the elimination of intermediate- and shorter-range missiles…” the former Soviet leader wrote in an opinion piece for The Washington Post, referring to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. He went on to note the […]
‘Unpredictable’ Trump praising 1st meet with Putin ‘a good thing’– Gorbachev
Gorbachev said the meeting in itself is a positive sign. “The very fact of their meeting says a lot. And even more, some constructive agreements have been reached,” Gorbachev told Russia’s Interfax news agency Saturday. “The fact that the US President, for his part, gave positive account of the meeting is a good thing,” the […]
Gorbachev: It Was Worse Than This, And We Fixed It
Above Photo: From davidswanson.org On Friday in Moscow I and a group from the United States met with former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. He said the current relationship between Washington and Moscow alarmed him. But, he said, it is possible to rebuild trust. “We had a situation that was worse, but we were […]
NATO takes command of US-built missile shield, assuage Russian suspicions
NATO took command of a U.S.-built missile shield in Europe on Friday after France won assurances that the multi-billion-dollar system would not be under Washington’s direct control. The missile shield, billed as a defense against any strike by a “rogue state” against European cities, is one of the most sensitive aspects of U.S. military […]
US drone strike on Taliban leader in Pakistan ‘violation of sovereignty’ – Foreign Ministry
“Pakistan wishes to once again state that the drone attack was a violation of its sovereignty, an issue which has been raised with the United States in the past as well,” the ministry said in a statement issued to the media on Sunday. The US reportedly killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mansour in a targeted […]
‘They won’t disappear’: Refugees flee to safer parts of Calais ‘Jungle’ amid demolition
Smoldering logs, debris, burned down or set-ablaze shelters are all part of the scenery at the Calais “Jungle” camp. Realizing that its demolition is inevitable, migrants are still refusing to move away from the camp. Many refugees remain desperate to get to Britain, which is why they are refusing accommodation in official asylum centers, where […]
Gorbachev Calls Russian Rulers “Worse Version of the Soviet Communist Party”
Charles CloverFinancial Times Thursday, August 18, 2011 Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, has called for a change of Russia’s leadership and criticised the ruling monopoly of the United Russia party as a “worse version of the Soviet Communist party”. In a press conference devoted to the 20th anniversary of the attempted coup by hardliners […]
Muslim mob strips, beats & drags elderly woman through streets, torches Christian homes in Egypt
The woman, 70, was stripped of her clothes, beaten, and insulted before being dragged through the streets of Minya, in southern Egypt, according to the local Orthodox Coptic church. Security officials confirmed to AP on condition of anonymity that the attack took place and said the mob consisted of around 300 men. Six people were […]