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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a key role in ending the Cold War, said the United States had squandered an opportunity to improve global politics after the Cold War, a paper said on Friday. In comments that were among the harshest he has made about the United States, Gorbachev compared U.S. foreign policy to one of the deadliest diseases on the planet — AIDS. "Today our American friends are suffering from an illness worse than AIDS. And I would say this is the victor's complex," Gorbachev was quoted as saying in an interview with the Netzzeitung. Unable to...

Stavropol, August 9, Interfax - USSR ex-president Mikhail Gorbachev made a private visit to his native land - the Cossack village of Privolnaya near Stavropol. The Soviet leader went to the grave of his parents there and gave to the local parish the house where his father and mother used to live in the center of the village, Anatoly Terlev, deputy head of the local administration, told Interfax-South. In addition, Gorbachev gave 30 thousand roubles (about 1 thousand dollars) to the local church for setting up cupolas. During the trip, the ex-president also met with local people and informed them...

Mikhail Gorbachev (TRJ) E-Mail this article Comments to Editor Discussion Forum Printer-Friendly Advertisement MOSCOW - The majority of Russians (61 percent) dislike perestroika initiated by USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, as polls held by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) have shown. 14 percent of respondents approve it and 13 percent of Russians say they are not interested with perestroika. The polls were held in 100 Russian cities, towns and villages on March 5-6, 2005, 20 years after perestroika. 1,600 people were questioned. About 23 percent of respondents believe that Gorbachev wanted to reform the socialist regime and that is...