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In a May 1985 speech given to the Soviet Foreign Ministry—the first time a Soviet leader had directly addressed his country's diplomats—Gorbachev spoke of a "radical restructuring" of foreign policy.
12 gru 2017 · As late as March 1991, according to the diary of the British ambassador to Moscow, British Prime Minister John Major personally assured Gorbachev, “We are not talking about the strengthening of NATO.”
30 sie 2022 · Gorbachev wanted to end the Cold War, successfully negotiating with US President Ronald Reagan for the abolition of a whole class of weapons through the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin: Mikhail Sergeyevich [Gorbachev] stood at the origins of many transformations, became the embodiment of global changes that took place in Russia and...
21 gru 2021 · The August 1991 attempted coup by hardliners, which humiliated Gorbachev, discredited the state security organs, and made Boris Yeltsin a hero for his defiance (standing famously on top of a tank in Moscow), unleashed the centrifugal forces that brought down the Soviet Union.
31 sie 2022 · Mr Gorbachev became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, and de facto leader of the country, in 1985. At the time, he was 54 - the youngest member of the ruling council known as the...
3 wrz 2022 · Thousands of people in Russia have paid their final respects to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end.
