Bono claims major Irish gangland figure plotted to kidnap his kids and IRA issued death threats He also faced an assassination threat in America Dublin Live · Oct 18, 2022
Bono still 'shaken' by Dublin gangland plot to kidnap his family The U2 frontman opens up about the incident in his memoir, 'Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story' Irish Mirror · Oct 17, 2022
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone review – ingenious, essential viewing from Adam Curtis Showing everyone from reindeer herders to scientists wrapping themselves in sticky tape to head into Chernobyl, this fine series traces the latterday Russian revolution that brought in a kleptocracy and paved the way for Putin The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022
Russian pop superstar reveals she is in Israel after criticising Ukraine war Former Kremlin sweetheart thanks fans for ‘love and support’ after leaving Russia The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022
‘Nothing to lose’: Iran’s protesters step up their defiance as a potential showdown looms TEHRAN, Iran — Twice now, the mass protests roiling Iran have reached even her deeply conservative neighborhood. Shahrzad, a 36-year-old teacher who lives with her parents and acts as their caregiver, has so far heeded her promise to them not to join, although she wants to. Los Angeles Times · Oct 4, 2022
German Unity Day: 32 years of reunification - history and significance of the day The national holiday is a celebration of togetherness Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2022
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022
Kremlin purge escalates as VIPs opposing Putin's Ukraine war found dead Fears among Putin’s oligarchy have soared since the suspicious death this month of anti-war oil magnate Ravil Maganov, 67, amid claims he was beaten before “falling” to his death Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022
Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato? Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to Western military alliance The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022
Exclusive-Ukraine will never forgive Russia - Russian Nobel laureate Ukraine will never forgive Russia for a shameful conflict which has thrown back Russia's development by half a century to Soviet times predating Mikhail Gorbachev, journalist and Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov told Reuters. Reuters · Sep 23, 2022
Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato? Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022
Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato? Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022
Russia revokes independent Novaya Gazeta's last media licence Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia's few remaining independent news outlets, was stripped of its last media licence on Thursday. Reuters · Sep 15, 2022
Commentary: Gorbachev valued positive change over power and inspired generations When East Germans defied Soviet domination with the Leipzig march in 1989, they were chanting an unlikely slogan. “Gorbi, Gorbi!” they shouted in a celebratory tone, referring to then-Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev. Chicago Tribune · Sep 9, 2022
Wales Online · Sep 8, 2022 The world leaders, presidents and prime ministers the Queen outlasted She has ruled for 70 years
The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022 Prime mover: Inside the 9 September Guardian Weekly The remarkable rise of Liz Truss. Plus: Gorbachev’s legacy.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 7, 2022 Trudy Rubin: After Gorbachev’s death, Putin wants the world to know he is the ‘anti-Gorbi’ In early 1990, when Mikhail Gorbachev’s efforts to liberalize Soviet life were in full flower, I was on a journalistic exchange with a Russian newspaper — Moscow News — at the apex of the glasnost (“openness”) campaign.
The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022 German parliament honors Gorbachev, who enabled unification Germany’s parliament has paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev by holding a minute of silence for the former Soviet leader who paved the way for German reunification 32 years ago
Bangkok Post · Sep 6, 2022 Gorbachev the environmentalist Much has been written, and rightly so, about the political impact, significance and legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022). However, in addition to his grand and historic roles in changing the shape of Europe and Russia, and bringing to an end a Cold War that threatened to end in nuclear annihilation…
Reuters · Sep 6, 2022 Russia silences another publication: Novaya Gazeta's magazine A day after banning one of Russia's last independent newspapers, Novaya Gazeta, a Moscow court on Tuesday revoked the licence of its sister magazine, founded only two months ago.
Bangkok Post · Sep 5, 2022 War sounds death knell for The Last Empire This is not another pipe-sucking reassessment of Mikhail Gorbachev's failed attempt to democratise the Soviet Union thirty years ago. He wasn't actually trying to do that anyway; he was attempting to save the Soviet Union and Communism by civilising and softening the harsh Bolshevik dictatorship that had prevailed since 1917.
Bangkok Post · Sep 5, 2022 Thanks to Gorbachev, SE Asia found peace Lest we forgot, President Mikhail Gorbachev was the Soviet leader who was the game changer in bringing an end to the Cambodian conflict. Southeast Asia owes him for giving peace a chance during the most turbulent time in this part of the world. The global media has widely credited him…
The Hindu · Sep 5, 2022 Gorbachev, macro-economics, and Gandhi Concepts of free trade, financial freedom, and privatisation are not the right solutions for India’s citizens
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022 Kremlin-critical newspaper Novaya Gazeta stripped of licence by Russian court The government has censored the newspaper and its offshoots since the start of the war in Ukraine
Salon · Sep 5, 2022 Gorbachev: The missed opportunity George H.W. Bush could have helped Gorbachev in 1991. Instead, he paved the way to Vladimir Putin and the oligarchs