Russia's Gorbachev considers political comeback

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback.

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Thousands cheer 20 years since fall of Berlin Wall

Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow.

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Gorbachev: Russian elections mockery of voters

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev harshly criticized recent regional elections in Russia, describing them as a mockery of democracy in an interview published Monday.

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Official who backed abortive Soviet coup dies

Soviet Communist Party official Oleg Shenin, who played an active part in an abortive attempt to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, has died in Moscow, the Russian Communist Party said Friday. He was 71.

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Gorbachev laments Russian rollback on democracy

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev harshly criticized Russia's political system on Thursday, saying that the nation's leaders have steadily rolled back the democratic achievements of his rule.

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Gorbachev: Europe misunderstands Russia

Mikhail Gorbachev said Wednesday that Europe still misunderstands Russia nearly two decades after the Soviet collapse, and he dismissed as nonsense portrayals of his country as an aggressive force.

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Russian Gen. Valentin Varennikov dies at 85

Retired Gen. Valentin Varennikov, a hawkish World War II veteran who directed the Soviet war in Afghanistan and joined the rebellion against Mikhail Gorbachev that sped the collapse of the Soviet Union, died in Moscow on Wednesday, colleagues said. He was 85.

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AP Interview: Gorbachev criticizes Putin's party

In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday likened Vladimir Putin's United Russia party to the worst of the communists he once led and helped bring down, and said Russia is today a country where the parliament and the judiciary are not fully free.

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Gorbachev hopes for new US policies under Obama

Some Russians call Barack Obama the American Gorbachev because of his promises to bring change to his country. And the real Mikhail Gorbachev said Thursday that change is what the U.S. wants and needs.

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Gorbachev to form political party in Russia

A Russian billionaire said Tuesday he is teaming up with former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to form a new political party that will challenge the country's recent steps away from democracy.

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Gorbachev urges caution in Rice's call for action

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to use more caution in her call for the West to stand up against Russia, which she said has become "increasingly authoritarian at home and aggressive abroad."

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Van Cliburn to perform at Liberty Medal ceremony

Classical pianist Van Cliburn will perform next month during the 2008 Liberty Medal ceremony in Philadelphia honoring former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Gorbachev Urges Treaty's Preservation

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said Tuesday that it is critically important to preserve the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty he signed with President Ronald Reagan almost 20 years ago to the day.

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Gorbachev Tours Lower 9th Ward

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev toured New Orleans on Friday as an emissary of the global environmental movement, but his first view of the devastated Lower 9th Ward inspired a momentary return to his socialist past.

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Gorbachev Blasts American 'Imperialism'

Former President Mikhail Gorbachev said Friday that the fall of the Soviet Union, which he helped bring about, ushered in an era of U.S. imperialism responsible for many of the world's gravest problems.

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Gorbachev, Almost 75, Sounds Off on U.S.

Mikhail Gorbachev's magnetic brown eyes shine as brightly as ever, and he speaks with the same passion about the collapse of the Soviet Union as he prepares to mark his 75th birthday on Thursday.

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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, drawing on his experience of military failure in Afghanistan in the 1980s, said the U.S. can't win the conflict there and should begin pulling out its soldiers.

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Twenty years later, the world owes Gorbachev an enormous debt of gratitude for ending the Cold War, and freeing Eastern Europe and the Baltic states.

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All empires have come to an end sooner or later, usually as the result of long decay culminating in military defeat.

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excerpt: ""Mikhail Gorbachev presided over the collapse of his country like Barack Obama is presiding over the collapse of his," Limbaugh said on his program today. "And so a man who knows how to collapse his own economy is now advising us on how to collapse ours.""

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has held talks with Mikhail Gorbachev, a spokesman for the former Soviet leader said on Monday, in the latest sign of Washington's efforts to "press the reset button" on ties with Russia.

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The 20-year old photo depicts two world leaders - US President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - in Moscow. But, according to the man who took the photo, it also captures Mr Putin disguised as a tourist.

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The former Soviet president says that President Elect Obama needs sweeping changes to make America and the world more balanced. If my memory serves me correctly, former President Gorbachev was a communist.

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In his 2001 memoir, "Fugitive Days," Bill Ayers writes: "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough." This is something very few Americans can accept, and I wouldn't even make the attempt to persuade them.

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The planners of the crisis in Georgia clearly wanted to make sure that Russia would be blamed for worsening the situation.

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On the Russian-Georgian Conflict

Re: Mikhail Gorbachev: Russia Never Wanted a War . Some maintain: Russia attacked Georgia, because they didn't like what Georgia was doing within the confines of their own country.

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The planners of this campaign clearly wanted to make sure that, whatever the outcome, Russia would be blamed for worsening the situation. The West then mounted a propaganda attack against Russia, with the American news media leading the way.

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THE acute phase of the crisis provoked by the Georgian forces' assault on Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, is now behind us.

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"I'm in show business, why come to me?" "War is show business, that's why we're here." – "Wag the Dog" (1997 film)

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[Excerpt:] - The first and the last president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, is deeply concerned about the excessive presence of the defense factor in modern-day politics and thinking.

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This afternoon, I had the opportunity to ask former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev if, after November, he would please be so kind as to lead and advise the next USA President as to how to get out of our quagmire. This is what he replied, through a translator:

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Sir Ridley Scott is to make a film about late US president Ronald Reagan's dealings with ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, according to reports. The still untitled project will focus on the 1986 arms control summit that took place in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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[Excerpted from book review.]

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Randy Forsberg, who died this month at age 64, left a remarkable legacy: She helped end the Cold War, the most costly and dangerous confrontation in world history. T

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ON THE evening of August 22nd 1991—16 years ago this week—Alexei Kondaurov, a KGB general, stood by the darkened window of his Moscow office and watched a jubilant crowd moving towards the KGB headquarters in Lubyanka Square.

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President Vladimir Putin yesterday signalled that Russia was on a new and explosive collision course with Nato when he dumped a key arms control treaty limiting the deployment of conventional forces in Europe.

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"The 11th Hour" is the last moment when change is possible. The film explores how we've arrived at this moment — how we live, how we impact the earth's ecosystems, and what we can do to change our course.

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Is Tony Blair right for Mid-East

Yes, I think Tony Blair is. In fact, I think he is the best person for this job. I have read many very negative comments on this issue giving reasons that he is the wrong man. For instance, "War Criminal" turned "Peace Envoy".

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Hollywood once again is showing that it has a social conscience and the power to help save the multitude who are suffering from global warming.

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Memorable presidential speeches are few and far between. But Ronald Reagan's words in Berlin two decades ago will live on By Kenneth T. Walsh Posted 6/10/07

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The former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, has blamed the US for the current state of relations between Russia and the West. In a BBC interview, Mr Gorbachev said that the Russians were ready to be constructive, but America was trying to squeeze them out of global diplomacy.

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