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Mikhail Gorbachev: tributes pour in for ‘one-of-a kind’ Soviet leader

Western leaders and historians praise former Soviet president, while Russian reaction to his death was much cooler

The Guardian - AU

U.S. EXIM Bank, Ukraine pledge cooperation on financing, reconstruction

The head of the U.S. Export-Import Bank and a senior Ukrainian development minister on Tuesday pledged to keep working on U.S. financing opportunities to support Ukraine's energy security and infrastructure, the export credit agency said.

Reuters

Ukraine launches counterattack to Russia in south, leaves world guessing on scale

Ukraine has launched an offensive toward the captured southern city of Kherson, but whether it marks the start of a long-awaited attempt to retake large slices of territory lost at the start of Russia’s invasion remains unclear.

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Myanmar, Ukraine war shift Japanese policy on refugees

The crisis in Myanmar and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have opened Japan’s door a fraction wider.

Al Jazeera

It Wasn't What He Wanted, But Gorbachev Allowed an Evil Empire To Collapse

Alas, the Russians never forgave him.

Reason

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 189 of the invasion

IAEA inspectors travel to Zaporizhzhia to visit nuclear plant; Russian halts gas supplies via Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe

The Guardian - UK

Mikhail Gorbachev: The rise and fall of the last Soviet leader

Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was revered in West but criticised by many Russians for overseeing end of USSR.

Al Jazeera

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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War and changed the world forever, dies aged 91

Last leader of Soviet Union passes away after long illness

The Independent UK

Mikhail Gorbachev: a divisive figure loved abroad but loathed at home

Despite being celebrated across liberal democracies, the former Soviet leader was reviled and unpopular in Russia

The Guardian - UK

How Gorbachev’s political legacy was destroyed by Putin

Era of detente and arms control between Washington and Moscow has been replaced by a bloody war in Ukraine

The Guardian - US

Gorbachev's tragedy - a flawed reformer on an impossible mission

For all the adulation he inspired in the West, Mikhail Gorbachev was a tragic figure who failed in the historic mission he had defined for his own country.

Reuters

Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91, Russian media reports

In power less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed breathtaking changes that overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing of Eastern European nations from Russian domination and the end of decades of East-West nuclear confrontation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Zelenskyy warns Russian forces amid southern Ukraine offensive

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine offensive under way to retake southern region, urges Russians to leave.

Al Jazeera

Timeline: The Gorbachev era and the collapse of the Soviet Union

Here is a timeline of some key events over the nearly seven years that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, held power in the Soviet Union.

Reuters

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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who helped end Cold War, dies at 91

Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose vision of humane communism liberated millions, bridled the global arms race and knocked down the walls dividing East and West, has died, according to Russian news agencies.

Bangkok Post

Russia Confounds the West by Recapturing Its Oil Riches

Russia pumps almost as much oil into the global market as it did before its invasion of Ukraine. With oil prices up, Moscow is also making more money.

Bangkok Post

Might Russia use its 'tactical' nuke weapons?

On Aug 25, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, announced that the country's combat aircraft have been "upgraded" by the Russians to carry nuclear weapons, and Belarusian pilots are being trained to deliver them. It got a single paragraph, or no notice at all, on most news sites. Nobody panicked.

Axios

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies

He oversaw bold reforms and later the collapse of the USSR.

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Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.

Zenger

Ukrainian Artillery Takes Out Russian Howitzer In Precision Strike

Zenger News obtained the video from the Eastern Operational-Territorial Command of the National Guard of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Raids at German companies ‘suspected of selling chemical weapon precursors’ to Russia

The searches have revealed ‘a lot’ of paperwork written in the Russian language

Al Jazeera

EU members split over travel ban against Russians

A memo shows that France and Germany disagree over a proposed visa ban against Russian foreigners.

Daily Mirror

Russian troops warned 'run home or die' as Ukraine blitz smashes key lines within hours

Ukrainian troops have broken through Russian defences in several areas as President Zelensky warned its invaders to go back to the country's border "if they want to survive"

Chicago Sun-Times

In Ukraine, this volunteer sniper embodies the embattled nation’s military

He’d moved to Western Europe to work as an engineer but returned after Russia invaded and soon was being trained. “I don’t like to kill people. It’s not something you want to do. But it’s something you have to do.”

Reuters

U.S. expects Russia to prepare sham referenda in Ukraine -State Dept

The U.S. government has assessed that Moscow is preparing to stage sham referenda in areas of Ukraine under its control to manipulate the results to claim that the Ukrainian people want to join Russia, the State Department said on Tuesday.

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