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Mikhail Gorbachev

I remember listening to Radio Moscow when the hard-liners had taken again over briefly in 1991, telling whoever was listening that Gorbachev's condition was "grave".
 
Here's how RT is covering the story:

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Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev has died in Moscow at the age of 91
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Here's Pravda:

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Mikhail Gorbachev is dead

In June, Gorbachev Foundation spokesman Vladimir Polyakov said that Mikhail Gorbachev was suffering from a kidney disease and was undergoing treatment, including
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Pravda got his age wrong. They say he was 92.
 

Here is the Gobachev's visiting California note this was during the time California was in the Spotlight because it's the home state of former President Reagan.


Also Gorbachev appeared in a Pizza Hut ad in the 1990's some time he left office.


Note these clips at that time was when Reagan or George HW Bush were President and the talks about glasnost were an issue at the time.
 
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No, please no! Sure, Gorbachev wasn't perfect by any stretch, but he actually dared to go against the status quo of his country with his policies, he boosted relations with the West, and has authored some of the most insightful books on democracy in his life. Not to mention, his affection for his wife, Raina, is inseparable even after her death in the early 2000's. Honestly, the USSR was the face of evil, and none of their leaders should get a pass, them being part of that country, but Gorbachev was someone who is admirable in his efforts to change things in his homeland.
 
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I just realized I spelled his wife's name wrong, putting an "n" where the "s" should go. My apologies
 
gr8oldies said:
I remember listening to Radio Moscow when the hard-liners had taken again over briefly in 1991, telling whoever was listening that Gorbachev's condition was "grave".
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I remember hearing that on Radio Moscow as well. Totally bizarre sequence of events that accelerated the collapse of the USSR. Even Radio Moscow was gone a year later, rebranded as the Voice of Russia.

Gorbachev himself said that during the attempted coup he listened to Radio Liberty on shortwave to find out what was going on.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
I remember hearing that on Radio Moscow as well. Totally bizarre sequence of events that accelerated the collapse of the USSR. Even Radio Moscow was gone a year later, rebranded as the Voice of Russia.

Gorbachev himself said that during the attempted coup he listened to Radio Liberty on shortwave to find out what was going on.
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I remember putting together a half-page layout on the Soviet Union's new hard-line leaders, complete with photos and brief bios. It was very well done, if I do say so myself, It was also outdated by evening of the day the paper was printed.
 
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