Word: gorbachev
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...regained his standing in Russia in recent years, becoming a frequent guest of KGB veteran Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Still, Vladimir Kryuchkov will be primarily remembered as the former KGB chief who, disturbed by liberal reforms, engineered the failed three-day coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991. The brief takeover by hard-liners helped precipitate the final collapse of the Soviet Union four months later. Kryuchkov...
Former Soviet Premier Mikhail S. Gorbachev will likely face questions about Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Russia when he speaks on nuclear proliferation at the Institute of Politics (IOP) next week...
...most influential person of the past 40 years? -Heath Urie, Boulder, Colo. Mikhail Gorbachev, internationally, was critically important. Ronald Reagan had a big impact on American life. So did Osama bin Laden. You can't ignore that...
...MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, former Soviet leader, on the slow recovery efforts in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward...
...popularity at home, depends on Moscow's ability to project power, using natural gas and oil as its weapons. If that arsenal fails him because of worldwide price drops, it won't matter what his title is after the election. Putin could still join Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev as Russian leaders remembered most for the opportunities they wasted...