In 2013 Gorbachev criticized Putin, stating: "Politics is more and more turning into an imitation of democracy. All power is in the hands of the authorities and the president.

President Vladimir V. Putin calls the end of the Soviet Union a “genuine tragedy” for Russia, and he blamed Mikhail S. Gorbachev for bending to the demands of a treacherous and duplicitous West.

Putin’s disdain for Gorbachev and evident ambivalence about his death highlights a stark gap in global public opinion. While Gorbachev is revered in the West for helping tear down the Iron ...

"Gorbachev ended the Cold War, Putin has launched a new Cold War with the U.S. and the West by attacking Ukraine," Koffler added. "Gorbachev’s policies eventually led to the collapse of the USSR ...

Gorbachev also presided over an arms agreement with America that, for the first time, eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons — and began the withdrawal of most Soviet tactical nuclear weapons ...

Gorbachev's Criticism of Putin. On November 30, 2007, during Putin's second term as president, Gorbachev wrote in The New York Times that he was concerned about "disturbing developments in inter ...

As the war drags on and on, the Kremlin has taken a two-pronged approach to the West. Domestically, the Kremlin has demonized ...

He is one of several high profile oil and gas executives to have fallen from high buildings since Russia launched its attack ...

President Vladimir Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia.

Another Russian elite, Andrey Badalov, died after falling from a building. He was a top oil executive. This death follows a ...

Time heals all wounds, it is said, and that certainly is the case in Russia. Moscow has unveiled a new statue of Joseph ...

Andrey Badalov, 62, the vice-president of Transneft, fell from the 17th floor of a Moscow apartment block and he adds to the long list of mysterious deaths since Russia invaded Ukraine ...