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History's bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms

Mikhail Gorbachev Vladimir Putin Russia Cold War NATO Ronald Reagan Communist Party KGB Soviet Union Ukraine

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One stood for freedom, openness, peace and closer ties with the outside world. The other is jailing critics, muzzling journalists, pushing his country deeper into isolation and waging Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II.

Such are history’s bookends between Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's last leader, and Vladimir Putin, Russia's president.

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