Topic: Soviet
Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet Union president, dies at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91.
Russia closes rights group which built database of Soviet repression’s 2.6 million victims
Russia’s supreme court has ordered the closure of Memorial International, the country’s leading human rights group, in a watershed moment in Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on independent thought.
