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Despite his role in hastening the collapse of the Soviet Union and bringing democracy to Russia, Gorbachev has emerged as a sometimes-ambivalent supporter of Putin’s largely successful effort in recent years to tighten his grip over Russian politics and assert his power on the global stage. The pro-Putin United Russia party is expected to win by a wide margin on Sunday, in large part because opposition parties have been prevented from participating in the election...
Allison said he worked closely with Gorbachev in 1991 while trying to persuade him—and President George H.W. Bush—to accept an aid package modeled after the Marshall Plan. They eventually decided against the plan...
Lecturer on Government Dmitry P. Gorenburg, who specializes in Russian politics, speculated that Gorbachev continues to support Putin because he seems to have raised Russia’s status among nations during a time of oil-driven economic growth...
...always thought Yeltsin was a bumbling fool in some ways,” Gorenburg said. “Putin has made Russia stronger, and that has to appeal to Gorbachev as a former leader...
...said Gorbachev, respected in the U.S. and Europe for the reforms he instituted that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, holds little sway over domestic politics in Russia...