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Da, Prime Minister

Hit & Run, Aug 30, 2010 / She famously declared that Mikhail Gorbachev was a Soviet leader she could "work with."

Margaret Thatcher blocked Soviet aid for striking miners, files reveal

The Guardian - London - UK, Aug 29, 2010 / She was the prime minister at the height of her powers, using every arm of the state to crush the striking miners.

Gorbachev finishes his new book

Voice of Russia, Aug 26, 2010 / The first Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has finished his new book and is now choosing the venue to publish it.

U2's Bono Jams With Dissident Russian Rocker, Hails `Great Hero' Gorbachev

Bloomberg.com, Aug 26, 2010 / As U2 wrapped up their first concert in Moscow last night, lead singer Bono surprised about 55,000 fans in the audience by calling Russian rocker Yury Shevchuk, a critic of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin , on stage.

Sarah Palin's No Tina Fey: 'Palinisms' Fall Flat, What About Biden's Gaffes?

Politics Daily, Aug 21, 2010 / Some "Reaganisms" made The Gipper sound foolish, as when he mused about his "suspicion" that the Mount St. Helens volcano released more sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere than 10 years' worth of automobile driving.

Russia to Return Back to Gorbachev's Dry Law?

Pravda, Aug 20, 2010 / The Moscow government considers an opportunity to ban the sales of alcohol beverages, including beer, at night time.

Gorbachev accuses Communist leader of promoting USSR disintegration

Interfax, Aug 19, 2010 / Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said on Thursday that the Russian party establishment, including Russian Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, promoted the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

Barack Obama is facing the “Gorbachev dilemma”

Voice of Russia, Aug 19, 2010 / Vasily Kravtsov, a Soviet war veteran who fought in Afghanistan in the 80s, says the US is failing in its campaign there because after nine years it still does not understand the country and its people.

Russia bans vodka after 10pm

Canada.com - Canada, Aug 18, 2010 / Russia is to ban the sale of vodka in Moscow's shops after 10pm as part of the toughest anti-alcohol campaign since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Moscow to ban vodka sales after 10pm

Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 18, 2010 / It comes as the Kremlin pushes ahead with the harshest anti-alcohol campaign since former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's draconian ban on vodka sales in 1985.

Gorbachev's quest for historical justice

RIA Novosti - Russia, Aug 17, 2010 / Twenty years ago, on August 13, 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only president of the Soviet Union, signed a decree exonerating all the victims of Stalin's repressions.

Meet Global Luminaries Aboard Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Explorer

Adventure Travel News, Aug 13, 2010 / Lindblad Expeditions has announced their Global Luminaries program for 2010/2011.

20 years of Gorbachev's decree denouncing Stalin's repressions

Voice of Russia, Aug 13, 2010 / Two decades have passed since the memorable day of August 13, 1990, when the then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed his milestone decree on the total reinstatement of the rights of all political prisoners repressed under Stalin's rule.

Gorbachev, world celebrities to meet on future of Eastern Europe

People's Daily, Aug 09, 2010 / An international conference on the future of Eastern Europe will be held here on Oct. 7-8, its organizers said on Monday.

Liverpool Board Divided Over Whether To Accept Stunning Chin

Cricket Premier, Aug 05, 2010 / The 25th Dail is dissolved and a general election is called.

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Plane crashes in Nepal; foreigners among 14 dead The Seattle Times - Seattle WA
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" Even Vladimir Kryuchkov in his letter to Vadim Bakatin who replaced him as the KGB chairman in every way asked for forgiveness for staging a coup, committing a crime. "
Interfax, Aug 19, 2010
" As for the downfall of the Soviet Union, I did everything to get a new Union Treaty signed that would preserve a single state. But the party establishment which concentrated primarily around the leadership of Russian Communists, including Gennady Zyuganov, actually torpedoed it "
Interfax, Aug 19, 2010
" Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind "
The Billings Gazette - Billings MT, Aug 15, 2010
" One thing we have learned is that working just on the basis of self-interest, this does not work "
Taipei Times, Aug 10, 2010
" When we are facing the new challenges of the world, the role of wider Europe is invaluable -- both as a factor contributing to enhancing international security and as a new powerful pole of world politics "
People's Daily, Aug 09, 2010

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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ( Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov ; 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.

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