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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...
...elephant in the room, however, may be Gorbachev’s stance toward the increasing authoritarianism of Russian President Vladimir Putin...
...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...
Garry Kasparov, a former chess champion and prominent Putin critic, was arrested last week and sentenced to five days in jail. Boris Nemtsov, a presidential contender and former deputy prime minister, was also detained...
...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...