The Latest Breaking News from Mikhail Gorbachev

Moscow court revokes Novaya Gazeta’s licence to publish inside Russia

Ruling by Russia’s media regulator comes less than year after its editor won Nobel peace prize

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Sept. 5)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU · Sep 5, 2022

Gorbachev -- the greatest democrat Russia ever had

'We all need to have perestroika," Mikhail Gorbachev would often say. The Soviet Union's last leader lived by that credo. After becoming the general secretary of the Communist Party in 1985 and implementing his programme of restructuring and glasnost ("openness"), he even changed his job title, preferring to be called…

Bangkok Post · Sep 4, 2022

Gorbachev freed my generation of eastern Europeans from the abyss. We saw a different future

The man who liberalised the Soviet Union died last week, beset by a sense that his country had been betrayed – by the west and history

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2022

Joe Biden has picked a fight with tyranny. The west must hope he wins

To counter the influence of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the US-led alliance has to show that freedom is worth fighting for

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2022

The Observer view on Mikhail Gorbachev: he drew a line under a wretched past but failed to usher in a brighter future

Hailed a hero by the west for banishing Stalin’s legacy and ending the cold war, he was ultimately reviled at home

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2022

Roland Mesnier: White House pastry chef for a sweet quarter-century

A confident and methodical patissier, Mesnier was a master at creating decadent, sugary showstoppers

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022

The million-baht 'misunderstanding'

Last week a man was arrested in connection with a house robbery that took place in Bangkok almost 11 years ago which involved five other suspects who have already been detained. It suggests police can pursue old cases effectively if they put their mind to it.

Bangkok Post · Sep 3, 2022

Gorbachev's home village remembers him well

Residents of the far-away Russian village where he spent his youth have lauded Mikhail Gorbachev too as Moscow paid last respects to him

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022

Putin skips Gorbachev’s funeral in Moscow

Mr Putin did lay flowers at Mr Gorbachev’s coffin at the hospital where he died

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022