Russia

Mikhail Gorbachev, Who Sank the Soviet Empire With His Own Glasnost, Dead at 91

OPENNESS

The West was euphoric with his dramatic steps to end the Cold War. But at home, his openness unleashed building pressures he couldn’t contain with half-measures toward freedom.

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