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December 19, 2019

Gorbachev: Don’t give up hope for world without nuclear weapons

With the Trump administration withdrawing from a key nuclear weapons agreement and even contemplating the use of low-grade nuclear weapons, former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev wants to reach out to the United States for...

December 13, 2019

MESSAGE OF THE HON. CARMELO ABELA MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA

Mr. President, Distinguished Guests, Thirty years ago, we were given a chance to start all over. All of us, and everywhere, we had a chance to put an end to a history of conflicts, to a history of bloodshed, of indoctrinations, of injustice and...

December 3, 2019

Mikhail Gorbachev warns Russia and US must avoid 'hot war'

Moscow (CNN)Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev may be remembered today as the man who presided over the collapse of an empire: The recent anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 saw major celebrations to mark the collapse of...

December 2, 2019

Video message by Mikhail Gorbachev to participants of the Commemorative Ceremony in Malta..

December 2, 2019

Message by Mikhail Gorbachev to participants of the Commemorative Ceremony in Malta..

Mr. Prime Minister, Citizens of Malta,   Distinguished Participants in the Commemorative Ceremony   I am grateful for the invitation to speak at your gathering. I regret not being able to attend personally, but I appreciate the...

December 2, 2019

Mikhail Gorbachev answered questions of The Times of Malta

People have nicknamed it the “sea-sick summit” because of the bad weather. Do you remember that factor? We never called it a sea-sick summit. But it’s true that the weather changed for the worse on the eve of the meeting – a...

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...

June 24, 2014

The Expertise Round Table – presentation by Mark Kramer themed “Reagan, Bush and Gorbachev: Talks between the Superpowers and the End of the Cold War”

On June 24, 2014 the Gorbachev Foundation held a round table, with Mark Kramer, Director of the Cold War Studies Program at Harvard University and a Senior Fellow of Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, appearing as a guest...

March 11, 2013

Interview with M.S. Gorbachev to the BBC Russian Service

In an interview with the BBC he called on President Vladimir Putin "not to be afraid of his own people".   Mr Gorbachev also criticised Mr Putin's inner circle, saying it was full of "thieves and corrupt officials".   The laws include...