"Gorbachev ended the Cold War, Putin has launched a new Cold War with the U.S. and the West by attacking Ukraine," Koffler added. "Gorbachev’s policies eventually led to the collapse of the USSR ...

In 2013 Gorbachev criticized Putin, stating: "Politics is more and more turning into an imitation of democracy. All power is in the hands of the authorities and the president.

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.

On Thursday, Putin privately laid flowers at Gorbachev’s coffin at a Moscow hospital where he died. The Kremlin said the president’s busy schedule would prevent him from attending the funeral.

Gorbachev's Criticism of Putin. On November 30, 2007, during Putin's second term as president, Gorbachev wrote in The New York Times that he was concerned about "disturbing developments in inter ...

Putin has been driven to so much murder as he reels at the sight of Gorbachev’s metaphoric offspring, who stubbornly persist in the face of his villainy, much as Macbeth reeled at the sight of ...

From Gorbachev to Putin. The era of Mikhail Gorbachev has haunted President Vladimir Putin for years.. In his six years in power, Gorbachev, who died yesterday, presided over the end of the Cold ...

There are several reasons why Putin’s demise, welcome as it would certainly be, is unlikely alone to trigger the resurgence ...

As the war drags on and on, the Kremlin has taken a two-pronged approach to the West. Domestically, the Kremlin has demonized ...

President Vladimir Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia.