Mikhail Gorbachev
World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall
November 09, 2009World leaders past and present have joined thousands of Germans in Berlin today to celebrate one of the watershed events in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe 20 years ago -- the fall of the Berlin Wall. On November 9, 1989, crowds of jubilant...
- Berlin Marks 20th Anniversary of Wall's Fall
November 09, 2009By Sonja Pace World leaders, dignitaries and thousands of visitors are in Berlin to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a time to remember the past and celebrate the November day in 1989 that changed the future. Despite...
- Obama Urges Partnership With Russia, But Also Issues Challenges
July 07, 2009In a major foreign-policy speech on the second day of his visit to Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States and Russia can put aside their past roles as adversaries and cooperate on common interests like stopping the spread of nuclear...
- U.S.-Russian Summit Begins In Moscow
July 06, 2009By Gregory Feifer Muscovites were shivering under overcast skies and steady rain as U.S. President Barack Obama touched down in Moscow for his first visit as president. The weather reflects general skepticism that the two-day summit will do much to...
Before the Summit, the U.S. Forgives Russia for Invading Georgia
July 02, 2009By Pavel Felgenhauer On Monday July 6, President Barack Obama is expected in Moscow for a summit to discuss nuclear arms control, Iran, Afghanistan the post-Soviet space and other issues. It has been announced that Obama will spend most of July 6 in...
Historian says Stalin ordered famine
March 16, 2009A 1930s famine that killed millions in Ukraine was ordered by Joseph Stalin to stifle aspirations of independence from Moscow, says an expert on the genocide. Stalin decimated the Ukrainian citizenry by quarantining and denying food to villages, said...
Gorbachev warns of nuclear holocaust
December 06, 2007Mikhail Gorbachev said in a speech in Massachusetts arms control measures could collapse if Moscow and Washington fail to reach a deal on missile defense. Gorbachev spoke at a nuclear arms control conference at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government...
