The protests are small enough, isolated enough, and moderate enough in their aims to fizzle out of their own accord, writes Matthew Clayfield, a freelance correspondent in Vladivostok.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev accuses Putin of blocking democracy
Former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev, now 80, has spoken out against Vladimir Putin, arguing Putin’s leadership is deliberately blocking the path to democracy that Gorbachev forged, reports Clifford L. Jevy.
Gorbachev: Old Russia has returned
Twenty-five years after the Soviet Union’s perestroika reforms, Mikhail Gorbachev reflects on the repercussions of the social and economic policies he implemented and how the country has become stagnant again.
Gorbachev: Let’s avoid the global hangover from a failed, messy Copenhagen
It’s time for leaders to come forward at Copenhagen and just get things done, writes former Soviet Union president, Mikhail Gorbachev. Industrialised nations need plans based on science, not watered down vested interests, and should take the lead over developing countries.
Before the fall: Gorbachev on 1989
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reflects on the events of 1989, the real end of the Cold War, and the advice he can give Obama about ending a war in Afghanistan.
Crikey wrap: remembering the fall of the Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall, 20 years ago today, reunited Germany and marked the official end of the 40-year Cold War. Crikey intern Michelle Loh does a wrap of what the pundits are saying.
Why the fall of the Berlin Wall didn’t really matter
Forget the fall of the Wall in 1989, says Niall Ferguson, the truly revolutionary, world-changing events took place a decade earlier: the USSR invaded Afghanistan, the UK elected Thatcher, China began opening up to the West, and Iran became an Islamic Republic.
Gorbachev: The battle over climate change is the new Cold War
On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and ahead of the Copenhagen climate summit, former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has a message for the leaders of today: climate change is your Wall.
