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Mikhail Gorbachev

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev places a yarmulke, a skullcap, on his head as he enters the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust Museum and memorial on June 16, 1992 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Arzt)
September 4, 2022, 2:00 pm
Daily Briefing Sept 4: Gorbachev as anti-Pharaoh?; foreigners and partners in PA
Editor David Horovitz assesses Mikhail Gorbachev role in the ‘freeing’ Soviet Jewry; plus weekend security updates from military correspondent Emanuel Fabian
By ToI Staff
People stand by the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, September 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
September 3, 2022, 1:06 pm
Russians pay last respects to Gorbachev at funeral snubbed by Putin
Hundreds say farewell to the Soviet Union’s last leader at Moscow ceremony that the Kremlin refused to declare a state funeral
By Jim Heintz and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, center, is escorted to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, June 18, 1992. Gorbachev was concluding a five-day private visit to Israel. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
September 1, 2022, 4:29 pm
On Jews and Israel, Gorbachev’s legacy is under threat
The last Soviet leader has passed away precisely as Putin’s Russia tangles with the Jewish Agency, moving to shut down the Israeli organization that handles Jewish emigration
By David Horovitz
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives at the German-Russian Petersburg Dialogue conference in Dresden on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
September 1, 2022, 2:59 pm
Putin won’t attend Gorbachev funeral, says he’ll pay private tribute instead
Decision to skip official event reflects Kremlin’s ambivalence about legacy of leader who ended Cold War but led to 1991 Soviet collapse, plunging millions into poverty
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev waves from the Red Square tribune during a Revolution Day celebration, in Moscow, Soviet Union, Nov. 7, 1989. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)
August 31, 2022, 6:26 pm
In 1989 letter, Iran’s Khomeini invited Gorbachev to embrace Islam
Founder of Islamic Republic appealed to Soviet leader to ‘seriously study’ the religion in order to ‘resolve the fundamental problems of humanity’
By AFP
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow in 1991. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)
August 31, 2022, 6:19 pm
Gorbachev Pizza Hut commercial is a post-Soviet time capsule
In the 1997 ad, the last leader of the USSR eats at one of the chain’s outlets in Moscow and is spotted by other diners, who argue about his legacy
By AP
Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev, left, and US president Ronald Reagan during a meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, Oct. 11, 1986. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart, File)
August 31, 2022, 4:02 pm
Sharansky: Gorbachev wouldn’t have released Soviet Jews if not for global pressure
Former prisoner of Zion praises late Soviet leader for freeing Jewish prisoners but says his policy was driven by the cost to the Soviet Union, not sympathy
By Jeremy Sharon
A peace dove sits on the head of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday, June 15, 1992 as he sets another bird free during a leisure trip on the Sea of Gallilee, Israel. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
August 31, 2022, 3:25 pm
Israeli leaders eulogize ‘brave’ and ‘visionary’ Gorbachev
Leaders across West remember Soviet Union’s last head as pioneer who ended the Cold War; Putin offers ‘condolences’ but limited praise
By Ash Obel and Agencies
Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, center, is escorted to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, June 18, 1992. Gorbachev was concluding a five-day private visit to Israel. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
August 31, 2022, 12:00 pm
Gorbachev first seemed regressive, but ultimately opened the gates for Jews to leave
The numbers allowed to exit actually fell at the start of his rule. But he wound up approving the exodus of millions, freeing refuseniks, ending restrictions on religious worship
By Ron Kampeas
In this Sept. 9, 1990 file photo US President George H. W. Bush shakes hands with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the conclusion of their joint news conference ending the one day summit in Helsinki, Finland (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shin, file)
August 31, 2022, 5:35 am
‘Man of peace’: World leaders hail ‘one-of-a-kind’ Gorbachev
Biden eulogizes ex-Soviet leader, who ensured ‘greater freedom for millions’; Johnson says ‘his commitment to opening up Soviet society remains an example’ amid Putin’s aggression
By AFP
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses a group of 150 business executives in San Francisco, Monday, June 5, 1990. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
August 31, 2022, 4:30 am
Jewish groups mourn Gorbachev as man who freed Soviet Jewry
Former Soviet president remembered as a humanitarian for allowing Jews to practice their religion freely and emigrate, which they did en masse — much to his disappointment
By Judah Ari Gross
Mikhail Gorbachev, eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, closes his resignation speech on the table after delivering it on Soviet television in the Kremlin, Moscow, Wednesday, December 25, 1991. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)
August 30, 2022, 11:46 pm
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, dies at 91
Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was in power between 1985 and 1991, helped bring US-Soviet relations out of a deep freeze, remembered fondly in the West
By Jim Heintz
Mikhail Gorbachev, eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, closes his resignation speech on the table after delivering it on Soviet television in the Kremlin, Moscow, Wednesday, December 25, 1991. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)
December 25, 2021, 10:26 am
30 years ago today, Gorbachev’s resignation marked the end of the Soviet Union
Political experts still argue over whether the last Soviet leader could have held onto his position and saved the USSR
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
US Secretary of State George Shultz, left, greets Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin at the State Department in Washington on January 28, 1985 (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)
February 8, 2021, 5:29 pm
When George Shultz, friend of Israel, opened the door to Palestinian legitimacy
In Moscow, US secretary of state met with Jews denied exit permits, and once arranged a ‘refusenik’ Passover Seder at the US Embassy
By Matthew Lee
In this Sept. 9, 1990 file photo US President George H. W. Bush shakes hands with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the conclusion of their joint news conference ending the one day summit in Helsinki, Finland (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shin, file)
December 1, 2018, 2:35 pm
Last Soviet leader lauds Bush for political abilities and character
Gorbachev sends ‘deep condolences’ to late president’s family, while one of his aides says Bush ‘always took balanced approach’ as the two worked to end Cold War
By AP
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