Chernobyl, 40 years since disaster: five things to knowUkraine on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant -- the worst civilian nuclear disaster i...
26 Apr, 2026, 11.04 AM IST
Quote of the Day by Mikhail Gorbachev: A society should never become like a pond with stagnant...—Inspiring quotes by one of the most influential political figures who sought to usher in an era of opennessQuote of the Day: Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, warned that societies must keep moving forward. He believed stagnation was t...
23 Apr, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
March 11 in world history: From Japan’s tsunami, COVID-19 pandemic declaration to other global eventsMarch 11 marks a day of significant global events. In 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Japan faced a massive earthquake and tsun...
11 Mar, 2026, 01.39 PM IST
Hundreds line up to say farewell to Gorbachev; Vladimir Putin absentMikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, is set to be...
03 Sep, 2022, 02.49 PM IST
Why Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy still threatens Vladimir Putin?During his presidency, Vladimir Putin has systematically destroyed these historic achievements. On their ruins, his regime is mobilising mi...
03 Sep, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
Putin pays tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev but won't attend his funeralKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that prior to departing for a working trip to Russia’s westernmost Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, Puti...
01 Sep, 2022, 05.01 PM IST
Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy: sadly, history will judge this good man harshlyGorbachev wanted to reform the Soviet system, not destroy it. He started his economic reforms by investing huge amounts in heavy industry a...
01 Sep, 2022, 12.50 PM IST
Mikhail Gorbachev: The man who tried to free countriesBy the Great Terror of 1937, the tone for life in the Soviet Union was set. When Mikhail Gorbachev died on Tuesday, a Stalinist in Russia s...
01 Sep, 2022, 11.08 AM IST
PM Modi condoles Gorbachev's demise, hails his contribution to strengthening India-Russia ties"I extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of H.E. Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the leading statesmen of the 20th century...
01 Sep, 2022, 09.41 AM IST
1991 Russia coup: A personal as well as a political tragedy for GorbachevIn August, the conspirators placed Gorbachev and his family under house arrest at their vacation home on the Black Sea. However, their goal...
31 Aug, 2022, 11.28 PM IST
Mikhail Gorbachev: Mourned as rare world leader by many, some still bitterReactions were mixed, with leaders in the West saluting him and many in his country blaming him for the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union.
31 Aug, 2022, 10.32 PM IST
Mikhail Gorbachev mourned as rare world leader but some still bitterGorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War but although widely feted abroad, he was a pariah at home.
31 Aug, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
‘Because of him … we have Pizza Hut.’ Old Mikhail Gorbachev ad resurfaces, Internet mourns Cold War heroMikhail Gorbachev, 91, passed away on Tuesday due to prolonged illness.
31 Aug, 2022, 03.18 PM IST
Mikhail Gorbachev: His seven years that changed the worldIn nearly seven years, between March 1985 and December 1991, he changed the course of history by ending the Cold War and triggering the dem...
31 Aug, 2022, 11.51 AM IST
Mikhail Gorbachev, man who ended the Cold War, dies at 91Gorbachev, who was in power between 1985 and 1991 and helped bring US-Soviet relations out of a deep freeze, was the last surviving Cold Wa...
31 Aug, 2022, 06.42 AM IST
US became 'arrogant' after fall of Soviet Union: Mikhail Gorbachev"How can one count on equal relations with the United States and the West in such a position?" Gorbachev told state news agency RIA Novosti...
24 Dec, 2021, 02.26 PM IST
- Gorbachev slams Vladimir Putin, opposition vows new protests
Mikhail Gorbachev, the friend-turned- foe of Vladimir Putin has slammed him for describing his opponents as "enemies of Russia".
07 Mar, 2012, 06.54 PM IST