In this exclusive interview, renowned international scholar, and author Richard Falk shares commentary on the life of former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022). Falk discusses ...

When Mikhail Gorbachev walked into the room for our interview in Moscow, he brought with him the impressive aura of a man who was still a sitting president, a confident leader who was prepared to ...

“Imagine a country that launches Sputnik and it can’t solve the problem of women’s pantyhose. There’s no toothpaste, no soap, not the basic necessities of life. It was humiliating to work in such a ...

It’s hard to sift history’s judgment from the hot takes, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s telegram of condolence on the death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev does little to help. “He ...

More than four decades in the news business offer a chance to meet hundreds of noteworthy people — regular folks, brilliant scientists and artists, and a few true movers and shakers. The man who died ...

Gordon Manning, 89, who had a significant role in shaping television news for four decades as a news executive at CBS and NBC and arranged the first interview between Soviet leader Mikhail S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin privately laid flowers at Mikhail Gorbachev’s coffin on Thursday, snubbing the weekend’s public funeral in a move reflecting the Kremlin’s uneasiness about Gorbachev’s ...

Muscovites lined up near the Kremlin on Saturday to pay their respects to Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who was widely admired in the West for his reforms and who lived long enough to ...

On a November day in 1985, the new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tried to sum up his first summit with then-President Ronald Reagan in Geneva. Both men had been cautious during the talks to tamp ...

MOSCOW -- Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died ...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a central role in ending the Cold War, died Tuesday at the age of 91. Russian media reported his death, citing the hospital that was treating him as ...