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Mikhail Gorbachev
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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
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ToI Staff
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
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Jim Heintz
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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
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
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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’
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AFP
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
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AP
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
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
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Agencies
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
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
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AFP
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
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
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
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
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
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