April

April 20, 2017

Mikhail Gorbachev’s Essay About Vladimir Putin

TIME 100 asked Mikhail Gorbachev to write a brief essay with his thoughts about Vladimir Putin. Below is the full text and a link to the magazine’s website.   Faced with a crisis inherited from his predecessor, the President of...

April 17, 2017

Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev

He has become old. Supported by his walking stick, he slowly and laboriously drags himself out of his office and walks a few steps to the brightly lit conference room – to the big, long table.   Mikhail Gorbachev, the last President of...

April 11, 2017

International Conference “Girlhood in Turbulent Times: Gender Equality as a Cultural Norm and a Social Practice”, 7 April 2017

The current generation of teenage and adolescent girls is extremely diverse and defies understanding by adults. Russia is not unique in this respect – anxiety, or even sometimes moral panic, along with a host of other social problems...

January 30, 2017

Mikhail Gorbachev: 'It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War'

The world today is overwhelmed with problems. Policymakers seem to be confused and at a loss.   But no problem is more urgent today than the militarization of politics and the new arms race. Stopping and reversing this ruinous race must be...