‘He died a disillusioned man’: How Gorbachev’s dream of liberal, European Russia failed

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final president of the Soviet Union, has sparked as much debate and divisions as his actions did during his lifetime. For most of Europe and the West, the 91-year-old Gorbachev will be remembered for his time at the helm of the waning socialist superpower and for steering it towards a liberal reform agenda. For nationalist Russians, he will always be reviled as the culprit for the demise and breakup of their glorious Soviet communist empire. Mikhail Gorbachev: How has Europe reacted to the death of the Soviet Union’s last leader?Mikhail Gorbachev:…

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