Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, according to a Russian news agency.......
Mikhail Gorbachev died in a Moscow hospital on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 after a long and prolonged illness. The former president and general secretary of the Communist party of the then Union of......
'There is only one common feature between Gorbachev and Putin.''They are both patriots, and both try to save Russia and make it great.''But in very, very, different ways.' IMAGE: President......
'It would be a huge mistake to think that Gorbachev's reforms did not achieve anything.''We all live in the world, which is in many respects a result of Glasnost and Perestroika.' IMAGE: Russian......
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin cited engagements in Kaliningrad to skip the funeral for the Soviet Union's last leader, but thousands of Russians gathered outside the Column Hall of the House of......
Unlike US President George W Bush, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday hailed the growth of food consumption in India and China as he sought expansion of the UN Security Council to......
A standing ovation greeted Mikhail Gorbachev when he took the stage last April in a packed Boston hotel ballroom. But the former Soviet President wasn't there to discuss perestroika or Vladimir......
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The year was 1989. P N Dhar, an economist and a distinguished economic administrator with vast experience, was asked to forecast the way the world would evolve in the 1990s.The Berlin Wall had just......
Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Carleton University, Canada. The University said it conferred the honour in recognition of her pioneering......
Russian authorities have pledged to curb violence at the World Cup IMAGE: Russian fan leader Sergei Gorbachev. Photograph: Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber/Reuters A Russian soccer fan leader jailed......