Mikhail Gorbachev Will Be Remembered as a Reformer With a Mixed Record for the USSR.
He will have achieved only half of what he set out to do when he came to power in March 1985.
The man who has just passed away at the age of 91, Tuesday, August 30, 2022, after a long illness, is one of the great figures of the last century. With a title that he did not covet: that of trustee of the bankruptcies of the Soviet empire and communism.
As soon as he came to power in March 1985, he dared to “open the window”. A storm rushed in, sweepin…
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