What do ex-Soviets think of Gorbachev, and why?

Thanks for A2A, Sigurd Madsen. >>What do ex-Soviets think of Gorbachev… I think that question author understands that ex-Soviets is not a monolithic group - there were 15 national republics, plus number of peoples with national enclaves outside th... read more

Mikhail Gorbachev avoids direct criticism of Vladimir Putin. Gorbachev, however, always gives hints that he and President Putin have their differences. For example, in December 2016, Gorbachev was interviewed by the BBC. read more

In the late 1980s, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev implemented a series of changes in his country's social, economic and foreign policies designed to bolster the domestic standard of living and usher in a new era of détente with the United States. read more