Tag: Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev is dead
Berlin Mikhail Gorbachev’s death is symbolic: he is stepping off the world stage at a time when the world is once again radically changing—starting from his native Russia and going…
The Russians long for the Soviet empire
Who is to blame that this war in the middle of Europe has not stopped for two and a half months? In his keynote address before the invasion of Ukraine,…
Potanin warns that the situation in Russia will be the same as before the 1917 revolution
Putin and Potanin (right, archive photo 2019) Vladimir Potanin is the largest shareholder and President of Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest supplier of palladium and high-grade nickel. (Photo: Imago) London…
Potanin warns that the situation in Russia will be the same as before the 1917 revolution
Putin and Potanin (right, archive photo 2019) Vladimir Potanin is the largest shareholder and President of Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest supplier of palladium and high-grade nickel. (Photo: Imago) London…
The new Cold War must not get hot
When Mikhail Gorbachev announced the end of the Soviet Union to his people on December 25, 30 years ago, he didn’t even get his usual cup of tea in the…