August
August 22, 2011
Mikhail Gorbachev. Lessons from the U.S.S.R. coup attempt
Twenty years ago this weekend, a group of Communist Party Politburo members and Soviet government officials attempted a coup d’état. They created an unconstitutional “committee on the state of emergency,” isolated the Soviet...
August 19, 2011
Mikhail Gorbachev: We will continue to move towards democracy.
Jonathan Steele in Moscow The former president looks back on his role in the fall of the Soviet Union 20 years ago in an exclusive Guardian interview Politicians rarely admit mistakes, but Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev always was in a...
August 15, 2011
Mikhail Gorbachev: I would start perestroika in the same way today
In a SPIEGEL interview, Mikhail Gorbachev, 80, discusses the last days of the Soviet Union, his failure to resolve problems with the Communist Party and the ensuing bloodshed he says still troubles him today. He also accuses Vladimir Putin of...
August 10, 2011
Ambassador Jack Matlock’s letter to Russian TV channel NTV
Dear Ms. Diveeva, Thank you for your invitation to participate in your studio discussion of the 1991 August Putsch. Unfortunately, I will not be able to come to Moscow for this event since I do not have time to make the arrangements for a visa and...
August 5, 2011
Mikhail Gorbachev Congratulates U.S. President Baraсk Obama on His 50th Birthday
Dear Mr. President, Please accept my sincere congratulations on your 50th birthday. This is perhaps the first real jubilee in a person’s life, and it has coincided with an important stage in your presidency. At our very first meeting with you...
May 20, 2018
The Round Table: "From the Prague Spring to Perestroika"
October 27, 2017
Round Table “The 1917 Russian Revolution for Our Country and the World: 100 Years’ Retrospect”
October 5, 2017
The Expertise Round Table. Perception of Russia across the East and West: Memory, Identity and Conflicts. International Study of Images of Russia across Eurasia: Results and Discussion