The immediate challenge is to defeat COVID-19, writes Mikhail Gorbachev. But it's not too soon to think about life after it retreats.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was the only President of the Soviet Union.
The Berlin Wall fell in November 1989,' writes Mikhail Gorbachev. 'Such moments test the responsibility and wisdom of statesmen.'
Gorbachev writes about his conversations with President George H.W. Bush while ending the Cold War, and warns about the dangers of today
Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the U.S.S.R., writes that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are bringing the world closer to destruction
The former Soviet leader calls on Trump, Putin and the U.N. for change
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Excerpt of Mikhail Gorbachev's new book The New Russia. 'The rift between government and people can no longer be tolerated'
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