Rodric Braithwaite

Glasnost merely confirmed Russia’s deep-seated suspicion of democracy

Though initially wildly popular, Mikhail Gorbachev proved a ‘hapless captain’ whose tinkerings only led to further disaster, says Vladislav Zubok

Mikhail Gorbachev. [Getty Images] 
issue 11 December 2021
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  • Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union

    Vladislav M. Zubok

    Yale, pp. 544, £25

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