World
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How Gorbachev’s ‘perestroika’ vanished.
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, lionized in the West, idolized by protesting Chinese students in Tiananmen Square but despised by many Russians…
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How Reagan and Bush overcame skepticism to collaborate with Gorbachev.
For his first four years in office, President Ronald Reagan had a tough time forging any kind of relationship with…
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Putin sees the Ukraine war as part of his battle to undo Gorbachev’s legacy.
The day that Russia invaded Ukraine, Feb. 24, the legacy of Mikhail S. Gorbachev loomed over President Vladimir V. Putin’s…
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In his own words: Gorbachev’s essays in The Times.
For nearly three decades after he stepped down as the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev remained a potent…
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Solomon Islands Suspends Visits by Foreign Military Ships, Raising Concerns in U.S.
WASHINGTON — The Solomon Islands has suspended visits by U.S. and other foreign military vessels, American officials said Tuesday, raising…
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Experts Arrive to Inspect Nuclear Plant, but Ukraine Warns of Pitfalls
KYIV, Ukraine — As a team of international nuclear experts arrived in Ukraine’s capital on Tuesday hoping to ensure the…
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A reporter’s Siberian memories of Gorbachev, and that Pizza Hut commercial.
I was 6 when the Soviet Union broke up. I had no idea at the time that the person most…
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Mijaíl Gorbachov, líder soviético reformista, muere a los 91 años
Mijaíl S. Gorbachov, cuyo ascenso al poder en la Unión Soviética puso en marcha una serie de cambios revolucionarios que…
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Main Target of Russian Mercenaries in Africa Is Civilians, Report Says
As Russian mercenaries from the private military group Wagner have been operating in Ukraine, their counterparts in Africa have received…
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Your Wednesday Briefing: China Plans the Communist Party’s 20th Congress
President Xi Jinping of China during a national award ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday.Credit...Li Xueren/Xinhua, via Associated PressChina’s ...