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West mourns Gorbachev the peacemaker, Russia recalls his failures

Mikhail Gorbachev was mourned in the West on Wednesday as a towering statesman who helped to end the Cold War, but his death received a cool response in Russia, engaged in a war with Ukraine to regain some of the power it lost when he presided over the Soviet Union's…

Reuters

From Gorbachev To Putin: How Russia's Economic Policies Have Evolved

The Soviet Union’s last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, passed away on Tuesday at 91 in Moscow after a prolonged illness.

Benzinga

EU complicates travel rules for Russians but baulks at visa ban

EU foreign ministers on Wednesday decided to make it more expensive and lengthier for Russians to obtain visas to travel to the bloc but stopped short of agreeing to the EU-wide visa ban that Ukraine and several member states had called for.

Reuters

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New Russia Gas Halt Tightens Energy Screws on Europe

Russia halted gas supplies via a major pipeline to Europe on Wednesday, intensifying an economic battle between Moscow and Brussels and raising the prospects of recession and energy rationing in some of the region's richest countries. The outage for maintenance on Nord Stream 1 means that no gas will flow…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gorbachev opened path for ‘a free Europe’: World leaders pay tribute to ex-Soviet leader

World leaders were quick to pay tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who oversaw the collapse of the USSR and lifted the Iron Curtain, marking a pivotal turning point in world history. Gorbachev died at a hospital in Moscow on Tuesday aged 91.

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow could expand conflict and should not be underestimated, warns Germany – as it happened

German chief of defence says Russia ‘capable of expanding the conflict regionally’ with ‘second theatre of war’

The Guardian - AU

Gorbachev Dies at 91, World Leaders Pay Tribute

Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the demise of the Soviet Union and was one of the great figures of the 20th century, has died in Moscow aged 91. His death was announced on Tuesday by Russian news agencies, which said Gorbachev had died at a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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EU tightens travel rules for Russians, falls short of visa ban

European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to fully suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it harder for Russian citizens to enter the EU but falling short of an outright visa ban. The move comes as a team of IAEA nuclear inspectors arrived in the southern Ukrainian city…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 189 of the invasion

IAEA inspectors travel to Zaporizhzhia to visit nuclear plant; Russian halts gas supplies via Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe

The Guardian - UK

Mikhail Gorbachev: The rise and fall of the last Soviet leader

Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was revered in West but criticised by many Russians for overseeing end of USSR.

Al Jazeera

Reactions to the death of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.

Reuters

How Gorbachev’s political legacy was destroyed by Putin

Era of detente and arms control between Washington and Moscow has been replaced by a bloody war in Ukraine

The Guardian - US

Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91

His death was announced by multiple Russian news agencies on Tuesday evening, citing officials at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow.

The Independent UK

Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet Union’s final president who changed world history

‘An epoch in world history came to an end directly as a result of his actions’

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Reuters

Gorbachev ended Cold War but presided over Soviet collapse

Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was widely despised at home as the gravedigger of the communist Soviet Union.

The Independent UK

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, dies aged 91

Gorbachev died after ‘a serious and long illness’, say hospital officials in Moscow

Los Angeles Times

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who helped end Cold War, dies at 91

Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose vision of humane communism liberated millions, bridled the global arms race and knocked down the walls dividing East and West, has died, according to Russian news agencies.

Al Jazeera

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 91

Gorbachev, who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its collapse in 1991, died in Moscow, Russian news agencies say.

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Russia Confounds the West by Recapturing Its Oil Riches

Russia pumps almost as much oil into the global market as it did before its invasion of Ukraine. With oil prices up, Moscow is also making more money.

The Guardian - US

Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended cold war, dies aged 91

Russian news agencies report death of last leader of Soviet Union at Central clinical hospital in Moscow

Reuters

U.S. expects Russia to prepare sham referenda in Ukraine -State Dept

The U.S. government has assessed that Moscow is preparing to stage sham referenda in areas of Ukraine under its control to manipulate the results to claim that the Ukrainian people want to join Russia, the State Department said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Vatican: Pope clearly condemns Russia's 'repugnant' war

The Vatican has defended Pope Francis from allegations he hasn't come down hard enough on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, saying the pontiff clearly views the war launched by Moscow as “repugnant.”

Reuters

Russian ex-lawmaker investigated for spreading lies about army - TASS

Ilya Ponomaryov, a Russian former lawmaker who now opposes the Kremlin from exile in Ukraine, is under investigation for spreading false information about the Russian army, TASS news agency cited a Moscow court as saying on Tuesday.

France 24

‘Ghost recruits’: Is Putin raising a Potemkin army to boost troop numbers?

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on August 25 that the Russian army would be reinforced with 137,000 new soldiers as the war in Ukraine grinds on. But analysts say this goal looks impossible for Moscow to achieve.

Reuters

Vatican tries to mend Ukraine ties after Kyiv protests pope comments

The Vatican acted to mend strained relations with Ukraine on Tuesday after Pope Francis upset Kyiv by referring to Russian ultra-nationalist Darya Dugina, who was killed by a car bomb near Moscow, as an innocent victim of war.

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