Tom Darbyshire, right, poses with former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the filming of a Pizza Hut commercial in Moscow.(Tom Darbyshire) In 1997, Tom Darbyshire made the pitch. He had ...

The rumors that China’s Xi Jinping has been ousted, or is on the verge of losing power, have drawn the attention of China ...

President Putin is not attending the funeral of his Kremlin predecessor, Mikhail Gorbachev, on Saturday in what many are interpreting as a deliberate snub. A public farewell ceremony was held for ...

In so many ways, the world we know today would not be the same without Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, who died at the age of 91 on Tuesday, writes David A. Andelman.

It’s hard to sift history’s judgment from the hot takes, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s telegram of condolence on the death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev does little to help.

Mikhail Gorbachev's 1997 speech at Hofstra University touched with pride on a time when the world's two superpowers edged toward an easing of diplomatic tensions.

sports Texas A&M Aggies Mikhail Gorbachev once visited College Station, where he got a taste of Texan culture R.C. Slocum still finds it hard to believe that he had a Tex-Mex dinner with George H ...

The former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev will not receive a full state funeral and Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be in attendance the Kremlin confirmed.

Like Spain after Franco, La Stampa’s Bernard Guetta argues, Iran faces a crucial choice between authoritarian decay and democratic renewal. Before time runs out.

The obituaries for Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet premier who was buried this month, are a reminder of how unresolved is the historical debate over how much credit Gorbachev should get for the peaceful ...

I burst into tears when I learned that the former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, had passed away. Not one for immediate visceral processing, my reaction surprised me. Why did ...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement that Vladimir Putin "expresses deep condolences over the death of Mikhail Gorbachev" and that he would send a telegram to the friends and family ...