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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...
High-profile arrests in the run-up to the election have spurred international criticism of Putin??s government...
Kennedy School of Government professor Graham T. Allison Jr. ’62, who helped arrange Gorbachev’s appearance, said the former premier is likely to be cautiously critical of some of Putin??s policies...
...He’s been more or less supportive of Putin, and Putin??s left him more or less alone,” Allison said. “I think it’ll be very interesting to listen between the lines...
...Western media has been too lenient with Putin??s administration for far too long. But instead of condemning, say, Anna Politkovskaya’s death, the Chechen campaign, or even the Kremlin’s nuclear dealings with Iran, the media has made its criticism on the basis of irrational and sensationalistic fantasy scenarios. As comparisons with the luckier spy James Bond flooded in, The London Times’ Edward Lucas recommended the West got ready for a new Cold War. The Financial Times’ John Thornhill nostalgically remembered Churchill calling for Europe’s union...