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Glasnost was hailed as one of the Soviet leader’s great achievements. But it was a fragile freedom and soon overturned by Vladimir Putin.
Gorbachev failed in his two main aims: to hold togteher a reformed Soviet Union and cement its place in a new world order.
The INF treaty signed by Gorbachev and US president Ronald Reagan prohibited medium-range missiles.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev played a significant role in bringing down the wall between eastern and western Europe.
Ukraine has been able to challenge Russia’s dominance of the Black Sea, and this will be key to success in its counteroffensive.
Russia is burning off and wasting millions of pounds of gas rather than supply it to Europe. Here’s why.
As he exits Number 10, an expert on political rhetoric looks back on the quotes that best illustrate Johnson’s premiership.
China is challenging the idea of democracy, but western leaders are eroding democratic rights too.
Having an ethics adviser is a matter of convention, not a legal requirement.
Ukraine says it will push Russian troops out of the country. This offensive could be critical to that aim.
Conspiracy theories help people make sense of chaos and tragedy by finding a ‘reason’ behind the coincidences.
His songs about the rights of the Oromo people in Ethiopia lifted the spirits of a downtrodden people and his death shook the nation.
Women not free to enjoy festivals in the same way as men.
The Ukraine war has prompted thousands of Russian Jews to flee the country, an expert investigates why.
With a formidable Kremlinologist in charge and Donald Trump out of the presidential picture, has the CIA regained its influence amid the ‘new cold war’?
This change comes after centuries of discrimination against illegitimacy.
Ongoing strike action by criminal barristers could disrupt trials until demands for better pay are met.
Six months into the Ukraine war, around 5000 Ukrainian civilans and 9000 soldiers have died, but the war shows no sign of ending.
The Kimono is a distinct cultural symbol of Japan and for that reason, it has a complicated reputation around much of Asia.
Education for girls was also limited during the Taliban’s previous period of control in Afghanistan, from 1996 to 2001.
How to use language clues to see through someone’s ‘expert’ facade.
Ukraine’s biggest nuclear plant has many safety measures, but could not cope with direct bombing.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Crimea is using unexpected guerrilla tactics.
Campaigners argue that victims of ‘revenge porn’ need to be acknowledged as victims of sexual abuse.