The on-again, off-again war between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been raging for 30 years and has been tilting back and forth. Armenia accused Azerbaijan a few days ago of opening fire on its positions on the border when EU experts went to the area to try to find peace.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Gorbachev failed in his two main aims: to hold togteher a reformed Soviet Union and cement its place in a new world order.
New age: the flag of the Soviet Union is taken down for the last time as the Russian flag is raised over Moscow for the first time.
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