Unsurprisingly, there is no mention of Ronald Reagan in Willerton’s article. He writes as if Gorbachev emerged and operated in a vacuum. He didn’t. Gorbachev was selected as Soviet leader to ...

Former Soviet officials insist that Gorbachev's decisions to withdraw Soviet forces from Afghanistan and to end the arms race were made despite the Reagan buildup and SDI. In 1983 Gorbachev ...

MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. The farewell ceremony for the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will include some elements of a state funeral, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ...