Tag: Mikhail Gorbachev
The History of the West – The Turn for the Worse
G7 Summit At a meeting of the G7 in Japan, the West was united. (Photo: dpa) Bonn The British historian Timothy Garton Ash, born in London in 1955, has been…
How great personalities shape history
Bonn Great men make history, and sometimes great women too. In political reporting, “strong leaders” such as China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin or Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dominate…
“Barefoot bastards to the front” Strife in Putin’s inner circle of power
Berlin After the Russian withdrawal from the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, displeasure is growing in Putin’s power apparatus. Influential allies of the Kremlin chief, such as the Chechen ruler…
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…
Never again war – the forgotten saying of Mikhail Gorbachev
the man who abolished the KGB agent Vladimir Putin, but enabled him again as agent leader ten years later, is dead: Mikhail Gorbachev. In the 1980s in the Soviet Union,…
Soviet Union: Mikhail Gorbachev is dead
Mikhail Gorbachev The former Soviet President has died. (Photo: dpa) Moscow According to Russian agencies, the Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Soviet head of state Mikhail Gorbachev is…
Is Russia Using Chemical Weapons In The Ukraine War?
Berlin The reports came late Monday evening: Russia is said to have used chemical weapons in Mariupol. This is what the Ukrainian Azov regiment claims, one of several paramilitary volunteer…
Is Russia Using Chemical Weapons In The Ukraine War?
Berlin The reports came late Monday evening: Russia is said to have used chemical weapons in Mariupol. This is what the Ukrainian Azov regiment claims, one of several paramilitary volunteer…
Is Putin using chemical weapons in the Ukraine war?
Berlin The reports came late Monday evening: Russia is said to have used chemical weapons in Mariupol. This is what the Ukrainian Azov regiment claims, one of several paramilitary volunteer…
Is Vladimir Putin Using Chemical Weapons?
Berlin The reports came late Monday evening: Russia is said to have used chemical weapons in Mariupol. This is what the Ukrainian Azov regiment claims, one of several paramilitary volunteer…
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…