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]
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