Read more Mikhail Gorbachev stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4734/mikhail-gorbachev.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:06:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73735/gorbachev-take-it-from-me-leave-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMikhail Gorbachev—the man who pulled the Soviet Union's troops out of Afghanistan after a decade of stalemate—says the US should do the same. "There is no prospect of a military solution," he tells Bloomberg . The nation is too fragmented among clans, dooming even a troop surge to failure,...http://www.newser.com/story/73735/gorbachev-take-it-from-me-leave-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 17:01:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73473/tear-down-this-wall-not-so-confrontational.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrepare to see a lot of clips in the coming days of Ronald Reagan declaring, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” The 20th anniversary of the Berlin wall’s fall is days away, and in our collective memory, Reagan brought it down with sheer bravado. But that’s misremembering, writes James Mann...http://www.newser.com/story/73473/tear-down-this-wall-not-so-confrontational.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 12:54:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69938/russians-kasparov-karpov-rekindle-chess-rivalry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than 25 years after their rivalry gave chess, and Russia, a much-needed jolt, former champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov will face off for a series of matches in Spain, beginning tomorrow, the Telegraph reports. The younger Kasparov took Karpov’s world title in 1985, and then seemed to mirror...http://www.newser.com/story/69938/russians-kasparov-karpov-rekindle-chess-rivalry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 19:29:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69104/thatcher-urged-gorbachev-to-block-german-reunification.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMargaret Thatcher called on Mikhail Gorbachev to halt German reunification months before the Berlin Wall came down, newly unearthed Kremlin documents reveal. Thatcher—telling the Soviet leader he should disregard NATO pronouncements on the issue—said the breakdown of the Warsaw Pact wasn't in the interests of the West, the...http://www.newser.com/story/69104/thatcher-urged-gorbachev-to-block-german-reunification.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 2:06:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63746/obama-meets-putin-touts-democracy-in-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama began his second day in Russia by meeting with Vladimir Putin at the president-turned-prime minister's country home outside Moscow. The two leaders both expressed a desire for improved relations, and observers said they had a cordial discussion. The president then addressed a Moscow economics university, where he told...http://www.newser.com/story/63746/obama-meets-putin-touts-democracy-in-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 5:22:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63642/us-vs-russia-whos-won-summits-past.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Barack Obama arrives in Moscow for his toughest diplomatic challenge since taking office, the Guardian looks back on earlier US-Russia showdowns to gauge who had the upper hand. Kennedy vs. Khrushchev, 1961 : The ultimate cold war summit, shadowed by the space race and the Berlin Wall. A draw, although...http://www.newser.com/story/63642/us-vs-russia-whos-won-summits-past.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 5:41:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62532/gorbachev-ballads-album-fetches-160k-at-auction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA CD of Mikhail Gorbachev singing traditional Russian ballads has sold for $164,940 at a charity auction in London, the Guardian reports. The sole copy is now in the hands of an “anonymous British philanthropist.” The benefit was held to raise money for a foundation, named after the former...http://www.newser.com/story/62532/gorbachev-ballads-album-fetches-160k-at-auction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 14:34:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61198/the-us-needs-its-own-perestroika-gorbachev.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMikhail Gorbachev has been saying for years that the US needed change, and for the first time, he writes in the Washington Post, people have been meeting him with applause rather than skepticism. America needs a perestroika—a restructuring—because, like Russia in the 1980s, it can no longer revert...http://www.newser.com/story/61198/the-us-needs-its-own-perestroika-gorbachev.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Jun 2009 9:13:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58882/west-wasted-20-years-after-berlin-wall-fell-gorbachev.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEurope has squandered two decades of potential cooperation since the Berlin Wall fell, Mikhail Gorbachev says. At a Moscow event sponsored by his foundation, the former Soviet leader criticized Western leaders who viewed the 1989 event as their victory over Eastern Europe, rather than an opportunity for common good, Reuters...http://www.newser.com/story/58882/west-wasted-20-years-after-berlin-wall-fell-gorbachev.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 15:24:02 CDT