Mikhail Gorbachev’s peaceful legacy is being betrayed by this war
Sep 09, 2022
3 minutes
Archie Brown
most significant political leader of the second half of the 20th century and one of the greatest reformers in Russian history. By the time he resigned as president during the final throes of the USSR, he had played the decisive role in making Russia a freer country. New liberties at home, together with the transformation of foreign policy, emboldened the people of eastern and central Europe to send their communist rulers packing and reject Moscow’s overlordship.
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