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Why Gorbachev’s legacy still threatens Putin

  • Written by Robert Horvath, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University

Little remains of the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader and one of the greatest reformers in Russian history.

In the name of “glasnost” (openness) and “perestroika” (restructuring), Gorbachev dismantled totalitarianism, abolished censorship, freed hundreds of political prisoners, and held competitive...

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