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HT Archive: USSR disbands, 11 republics forge a new world order

Signature of the Treaty Creating the Commonwealth of Independent States (Getty Images)
Published on Dec 20, 2025 05:44 am IST

Mikhail Gorbachev's marriage, like his politics, broke the mold

A picture of Mikhail Gorbachev displayed at the Gorbachev Foundation headquarters in Moscow.
Published on Sept 03, 2022 10:09 pm IST

'Did you get your Pizza Hut?' CPM unit lashes out at Gorbachev after his death

Mikhail Gorbachev appeared in a Pizza Hut television commercial.
Updated on Sept 02, 2022 12:17 am IST

Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral to be held on September 3: Russian media

A picture shows Mikhail Gorbachev, displayed in his memory in his office at the Gorbachev Foundation headquarters in Moscow, on Wednesday.
Updated on Aug 31, 2022 11:06 pm IST

Shashi Tharoor recalls his meetings with Gorbachev: ‘My last conversation…'

Shashi Tharoor said he had the privilege of meeting Gorbachev twice, both times in Italy at small conferences.
Published on Aug 31, 2022 10:59 am IST

From Pizza Hut to the free press: Gorbachev's years after power

Mikhail Gorbachev stood on a centrist platform in the 1996 presidential election but received less than one percent of the vote.
Published on Aug 31, 2022 05:31 am IST

Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, to mark 90th birthday on Zoom

Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy has also been partially unpicked in recent years as Moscow and Washington's ties have retreated to post-Cold War lows
Published on Mar 02, 2021 05:37 pm IST

George Shultz, who led US Cold-War diplomacy, dies

FILE - In this May 7, 2007 file photo, former Secretary of State George Schultz arrives to watch Queen Elizabeth II take part in arrival ceremonies on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Shultz, former President Ronald Reagan’s longtime secretary of state, who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle East, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. He was 100. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
Updated on Feb 08, 2021 07:04 pm IST

Witerati: Of Tantrumps, Tin Pots & TikTok

‘Tantrump’ could be the word of the year 2020.
Updated on Nov 21, 2020 11:44 pm IST

Covid-19 has redefined security | Opinion

The idea of national security revolved around WMDs and terrorism. But it must include, at its core, human lives
Published on Mar 17, 2020 06:49 pm IST

When prose made tyranny twitch

The Nazi Book Burning Campaign outside the Berlin University in Germany.
Updated on Sept 26, 2019 04:52 pm IST

US planning to test long-banned missiles

The US military is readying to test missiles banned by a Cold War-era arms control pact with Moscow that is set to end formally this year after President Donald Trump withdrew from it over Russian violations.
Published on Mar 14, 2019 03:03 pm IST

George HW Bush, the former US president who saw America through Cold War

Former US President George HW Bush waves as he enters the second session of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 2, 2008.
Updated on Dec 01, 2018 03:18 pm IST

Once taboo, Russian women’s football eyes FIFA World Cup 2018 boost

Rapt crowds now watch Margarita Chernomyrdina (in pic) lead the Russia women’s national football team in its quest to win acceptance and respect in Vladimir Putin’s socially conservative Russia.
Updated on May 14, 2018 05:01 pm IST