The death of Vadim Medvedev marks the quiet end of an era when Communist apparatchiks ruled the Soviet Union from behind closed doors. A look back at the Politburo – an opaque, feared body that ran an ...

The move represents a major milestone for the Taliban administration as it seeks to ease its international isolation ...

Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the ...

The ex-KGB officer’s intelligence was crucial to Margaret Thatcher’s contacts with Mikhail Gorbachev, whose rise to power helped end the Cold War.

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR.PersonalBirth date: March 2, 1931Death date: August ...

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR.PersonalBirth date: March 2, 1931Death date: August ...

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR. Personal Birth date: March 2, 1931 Death date: August 30, 2022 Birth place: Privolnoye ...

Mikhail Gorbachev certainly left an indelible mark on our country’s history, and that’s forever," Peskov pointed out, when asked about the Kremlin’s attitude towards the first Soviet president.

Mikhail Gorbachev turned the Russian power model on its head. To revitalize the dying Soviet experiment, he tried to give us, Soviet people, agency, dignity and responsibility for the future.

Moscow's war on Ukraine and developments in Russia underscore the erosion of Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy. Aleksei Navalny comes under more pressure in prison, a former reporter is handed a 22-year ...

Here is a thought experiment: Suppose Mikhail Gorbachev, the USSR’s only president, had been president of the United States instead? Elevated to the Politburo in 1979 because of the rapid ...

Gorbachev, who died on Aug. 30 at the age of 91, was the first man to head the Soviet Union who was born after its founding. As such, when he rose to power in 1985, he seemed, at least when ...