The west still looks at Russia through a prism of stereotypes
January 13, 2012 Boris Tumanov, Gazeta.ru
Respectable international media are still unwilling to delve deep into the specifics of Russia’s reality, which often leads them to ridiculous conclusions. This perception is due not to bias, but to banal intellectual laziness
Gorbachev celebrates in London
April 4, 2011 Olga Dmitrieva, Rossiyskaya Gazeta
The former Soviet leader marked his birthday in a place that appreciates him
Perestroika at 25
March 30, 2010 Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union
"Perestroika, the series of political and economic reforms I undertook in the Soviet Union in 1985, has been the subject of heated debate ever since"
Climate change barriers
December 3, 2009 Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR president
The German people, and the whole world alongside them, recently celebrated a landmark date in history: the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not many events remain in the collective memory as a watershed that divides two distinct perio
Medvedev can do it
October 2, 2009 Artem Zagorodnov, Russia Now
Interview: Gorbachev and a new perestroika?
Vote for government
April 2, 2009 Mikhail Gorbachev, ex-president of the USSR
As the global financial and economic crisis grows deeper and more severe, we must all rethink some key issues, including the role of the state
Gorbachev on global financial crisis
November 2, 2008 Michael Gorbachev, the first USSR President / "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" ("Russian Gazette")
"New global economy should pay more attention to social needs"
The Prize of Disunion?
October 14, 2008 Dmitry Babich, Russia Prodile
The decision to award this year's Nobel Peace Prize to the former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari is one more input into the collection of the Norwegian Nobel Committee's controversial decisions. The fact that the committee traditionally chooses t
Why we are right to fear Nato
April 24, 2008 Vitaly Shlykov, vice president of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation//Alexei Pankin, RBTH
Mikhail Gorbachev: an optimist with a warning for the world
April 24, 2008 Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow






























