Washington Post World “He was probably the most ­sincere and greatest supporter of Gorbachev’s policies and thinking.”

TIME "The current situation is too dangerous," writes Gorbachev.

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AP "They were rubbing their hands, saying, 'How nice! We had been trying to do something about the Soviet Union for decades, and it ate itself up!'"

The Economist For six and a half years, Raisa Gorbachev was one of the most influential—and mythologised—women in the world. She fed the humane impulse that made Mikhail hold back from unleashing the organs of repression when the Soviet empire began to unravel Read more ... from 1989 on

The New York Times Twenty-five years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev remains among the most reviled men in Russia. But at 85, he's shrugging it off: "It is freedom of expression."

CNN International Gorbachev came out in support of Russia's annexation of Crimea.

Newsweek Europe Ukraine’s Security Service has banned former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev from entering Ukraine for a period of five years.

AP Images #TodayInHistory: On Nov. 19, 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva. #APArchivePhoto #OTD See more from Today in History: http://apne.ws/1XaRUiV Photo Caption Read more ... : U.S. President Ronald Reagan, left, and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev shake hands at the steps of the villa Fleur d'Eau at Versoix, Switzerland on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1985. The Summit was the first meeting between the two leaders. #APPhoto by Scott Stewart

Fox Business "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1987, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided Germany.