Essay: Mikhail Gorbachev’s tragic legacy in the Russian Orthodox Church

In an article first published on Religion News Service, JOHN P BURGESS, James Henry Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, says Mikhail Gorbachev ended 70 years of repression of the Russian Orthodox Church but also opened the way for other faith groups…
Thousands of Russians bid farewell to last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev “the peacemaker'”

Moscow, Russia Reuters Thousands of Russians filed past the open casket of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, on Saturday with many saying they wanted to honour his memory as “a peacemaker” who dismantled totalitarianism and gave them their freedom. Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991, died on Tuesday aged […]
Russia to bury Gorbachev, darling of the West, with a shrug

Reuters Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader beloved of the West who lived long enough to see all the reforms he had championed in his homeland undone, will be buried on Saturday without state honours or the presence of the current Kremlin incumbent. Gorbachev became a hero in the West for allowing eastern Europe to shake […]
Putin denies Gorbachev a state funeral and will stay away

Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, denying the man who failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet empire the full state honours granted to Boris Yeltsin. Gorbachev, idolised in the West for allowing eastern Europe to escape Soviet communist control but unloved at […]
Essay: Mikhail Gorbachev – five things you need to know

In an article first published on The Conversation, JONATHAN DAVIS – associate professor in modern European history at Anglia Ruskin University, looks at five facts about the life of Mikhail Gorbachev…
Funeral of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to take place on Saturday – media reports

Reuters The funeral of the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday in Moscow aged 91, will take place on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, citing Gorbachev’s daughter and a spokesperson for his foundation. It will be held in the famous Hall of Columns inside Moscow’s House of Unions, agencies reported, the […]
The Long Read: Gorbachev ended Cold War but presided over Soviet collapse

RALPH BOULTON and GUY FAULCONBRIDGE, of Reuters, write about the life and legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev who died this week at age 91…
Updated: Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 91

Last updated: 11am (AEST) Moscow, Russia Reuters Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, Russian news agencies cited hospital officials as saying. Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States […]
US withdraws from Soviet-era nuclear missile accord with Russia

Washington, DC/Moscow Reuters The United States formally withdrew from a landmark 1987 nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was violating the treaty, an accusation the Kremlin has denied. Washington signaled it would pull out of the arms control treaty six months ago unless Moscow stuck to the accord. Russia called […]