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Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet leader who paved way for end of Cold War, dead at 91
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMikhail Gorbachev, whose attempt to modernize communist control of the Soviet Union unleashed forces...
Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War and changed the world forever, dies...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMikhail Gorbachev, a man widely lauded in the West for reforms that changed the world but were often...
Paul deLespinasse: The politics of translation: Putin's 'geopolitical disaster' remark
Hillsdale Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 2005 Vladimir Putin, according to the official English version on the Kremlin website, stated...
Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that...
What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident happened
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoFor most residents of Pripyat, Saturday 26 April 1986 seemed a relatively unremarkable day. Some...
Mikhail Gorbachev, Who Sank the Soviet Empire With His Own Glasnost, Dead at 91
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty ImagesFormer Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at age 91,...
Putin's brutality in Ukraine can get worse. Get ready for a chilly winter
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday during the...
On This Day, Aug. 1: Minneapolis bridge collapse kills 13
United Press International via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNavy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 from the Naval Amphibious Base in Little Creek,...
Is America like the Soviet Union in 1990? It sometimes feels that way
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAbandoned Diner Getty Images/AndresCalle Question: Who owns the parking meters in Chicago? Answer:...
Putin sent Russia into a tailspin
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIf there is an internal political earthquake, it does not listen to what is said thousands of kilometers away. It simply shakes the system, and it...
