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Why Russia Will Never Be Like China

China News.Net, 2 hours 17 minutes ago / Ever since Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary 25 years ago last week, the world has compared China's successful economic reforms, which were first set into motion in late 1978 under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, with the Soviet Union's and then Russia's largely unsuccessful attempts to overhaul its economy.

Gorbachev unhappy with democracy in Russia

Estonia Times, 17 hours 46 minutes ago / Maintaining that democracy had "stalled and often backtracked" in Russia, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has asked the government to develop civil society to promote modernisation of the country.

On this day in 1990...

FOCUS Information Services - Bulgaria, Mar 13, 2010 / On this day in 1990 the Congress of People's Deputies elects General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev as the new president of the Soviet Union.

Gorbachev: Russia Is Reverting to Bad Old Days

Newser, Mar 13, 2010 / Mikhail Gorbachev warns that Russia is in danger of backsliding into the dark days of the Soviet Union in a critical op-ed piece that seems aimed directly at Vladimir Putin.

The Soviet Communist Party’s

Voice of Russia, Mar 13, 2010 / 20 years ago this county witnessed a development that ended one dramatic period in Soviet history and ushered in an altogether different one.

Go for unique

Today Online - Singapore, Mar 12, 2010 / The World Leaders Symposium 2010 will be hosted on cruise line Silversea's Silver Wind from Aug 30 to Sept 15.

Kadyrov Orders Drivers To Clean Their Cars Regularly

RFE/RFL Newsline Russia, Mar 12, 2010 / In a memorable scene from the award-winning German movie "The Lives of Others," the head of East Germany's Stasi political police angrily demotes an officer who has shown traces of humanity, and therefore weakness, sentencing him to a career intercepting letters in the basement of the Berlin headquarters.

Gorbachev, twenty five years on.

Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness, Mar 12, 2010 / The Yorkshire Post carries an interesting piece by Lord Howell, marking a quarter of a century since Mikhail Gorbachev took power in the Soviet Union.

How Time Flies 03/12/10

The Pantagraph - Bloomington IL, Mar 12, 2010 / BHS made it to the state basketball championship game.

March 11, 1985 -- A Promise Of Communist Spring

RFE/RFL Newsline Russia, Mar 11, 2010 / In a memorable scene from the award-winning German movie "The Lives of Others," the head of East Germany's Stasi political police angrily demotes an officer who has shown traces of humanity, and therefore weakness, sentencing him to a career intercepting letters in the basement of the Berlin headquarters.

Today in history: Gorbachev tapped, Japanese advance in Pacific

Reno Gazette-Journal - Reno NV, Mar 11, 2010 / Today is Thursday, March 11, the 70th day of 2010.

When Gorbachev Took Charge

Guatemala Daily, Mar 11, 2010 / When the Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko died on the evening of March 10, 1985, and Mikhail Gorbachev was elected by the Communist Party's Central Committee as its general secretary less than 24 hours later, few realized that this presaged serious reform.

I.H.T. Op-Ed Contributor : When Gorbachev Took Charge

International Herald Tribune, Mar 10, 2010 / When the Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko died on the evening of March 10, 1985, and Mikhail Gorbachev was elected by the Communist Party's Central Committee as its general secretary less than 24 hours later, few realized that this presaged serious reform.

TBILISI: Gorbachev Warning About Karabakh Conflict

Armenian News Network / Groong, Mar 10, 2010 / GORBACHEV WARNING ABOUT KARABAKH CONFLICT The Messenger March 9 2010 Georgia The first and the last President of the Soviet Union is categorically against any further military action being taken in Karabakh, warning that bigger states might become involved in the conflict if this happens.

I HAD SUGGESTED GIVING NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC STATUS: GORBACHEV

AZG Daily - Armenia, Mar 09, 2010 / "In such conflicts as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there are no winners. An agreement should've been reached then, in the late 80s, we would've resolved the Karabakh issue," said first and last president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, while speaking to jouranlists in Moscow, reports RFE/RL.

M. Gorbachev: Now It's Impossible To See Karabakh As Part Of Azerbai

Armenian News Network / Groong, Mar 09, 2010 / NOW IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE KARABAKH AS PART OF AZERBAIJAN Panorama.am 15:11 06/03/2010 Politics "I suggested granting Karabakh a status of a republic. Azerbaijan's former authorities - Vezirov - seemed to be inclined to agree, but later he didn't. The problem might have been possible to solve then, but now it's impossible to see Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan," the USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev told reporters in Moscow.

I Had Suggested Giving Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Status: Gorbachev

Armenian News Network / Groong, Mar 07, 2010 / Gorbachev 14:21 - 06.03.10 'In such conflicts as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there are no winners.

Gorbachev: parliament, courts, everything seems like decorations

Gulf Times, Mar 06, 2010 / Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has accused the current Russian authorities of backsliding on democracy and rolling back the process of reform he began in the 1980s with perestroika.

Gorbachev says Russia democracy 'like decorations'

PressTV, Mar 05, 2010 / Soviet-era Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev has blasted the Kremlin for what he describes as backtracking on democracy.

Mikhail Gorbachev: Karabakh problem lingering and complicated

PanArmenian.net, Mar 03, 2010 / /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Karabakh problem is lingering and complicated, said Mikhail Gorbachev , the first President of the USSR.

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" There will be no modernisation if people again stay aside as pawns. There is only one recipe for them to feel as citizens and be citizens - it is democracy, law-governed state, open and honest dialogue between the authorities and the people "
Estonia Times, 17 hours 46 minutes ago
" The very existence of Russia was at stake and elements of authoritarian rule were justified. But today we need different approaches "
Estonia Times, 17 hours 46 minutes ago
" Fear gets in our way. Both society and authorities fear whether a new stage of democratisation can trigger instability and even chaos. We have to overcome the fears, as fear is a bad adviser "
Estonia Times, 17 hours 46 minutes ago
" Dissatisfaction with the current situation has been growing of late. There is a feeling that authorities fear civil society and want to control everything "
Estonia Times, 17 hours 46 minutes ago
" Perestroika' democratic reforms including the freedom of speech and travel abroad, which led to the weakening of the authoritarian political system and eventual collapse of the USSR in 1991. "
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (; born 2 March 1931) was the seventh and last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until 1991, and the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1988 until its collapse in 1991. He was the only Soviet leader to have been born after the October Revolution of 1917. In 1989, he became the first Soviet leader to visit China since the 1960s.

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