ah ah ah, this is dw use life from both in the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev is dead known for promoting openness and democracy in the communist state. gorbachev was also credited for helping to win the cold war. we look at his legacy at home and abroad, and a team of international inspectors heads to the separation nuclear power plant and

ukraine. the trip comes as fee as grow over a radiation leak or potential the accident at the site, which is occupied by russian forces. ah, i've been for solon, welcome, the soviet leader who helped to end the cold war mikhail gorbachev has died at the age of 91 after a long illness. encouraging more openness and reform within the communist block. gorbachev forged a new dialogue with the west. it ultimately brought down the iron curtain that had divided europe since $945.00, and put germany on track to re unification. but while often hailed as a hero in the west at home, his legacy is more complicated. ah mikhail gorbachev arrived and freedom followed. when he visited east berlin for the g d r's,

40th anniversary celebrations. gorbachev urged english hanukkah to implement reforms. he warned the east german leader saying, life punishes those who come too late. a month after his visit, the berlin fell and with the iron curtain that had divided europe for decades. it was gorbachev's reformers, policies that helped unleash a peaceful revolution across eastern europe. with he laid out his agenda in his 1st speech as leader of the soviet union. okay. so a stark contrast to what had gone before. we're also shit. vanya. we asked what was the order, right, right. every piece and freedom is the most. am hoffman basic right of reaction vigil or our kilobit. gorbachev wanted to change the soviet

union to bring it closer to the people. he promoted glass, most openness and perestroika reforms to words that will forever be associated with him. his new outlook was popular with many his policies also applied to the military, despite the resistance of soviet generals issued to us. here we are voters all unless i'm convinced that we will also have to reform our military. last, we have far too many weapons law, stately, we have to seek dialogue with other superpowers and reduce our arsenals to a reasonable extent yourself. as a result of that dialogue gorbachev an u. s. president reagan signed the 1st of many disarmament treaties in 1987. it was the beginning of the end of the cold war. in 1990 gorbachev

was awarded the nobel peace prize for his key role in bringing about a new peaceful world order. internationally, he was highly regarded but at home he was increasingly under pressure. the economic situation was dire. the soviet union on the verge of falling apart, communist hardliners stage, a coup against gorbachev in 1091 and put the soviet leader under house arrest and his holiday retreat in crimea. one man stopped the boris yeltsin, the russian president gorbachev was allowed to return to moscow that politically, he was ruined. he else in band the communist party and publicly humiliated coverage of you sell the yo, yo sure you should. shortly afterwards,

the soviet union was dissolved in december 1991 mikhail gorbachev announced his resignation. his attempts to regain political ground in the new russia failed. many russians held him responsible for the demise of the soviet union. but while his own country turned its back on him, gorbachev was hailed around the world as the man who helped tear down the iron curtain and bring about a peaceful revolution. a ban is coming in from leaders from around the world. in russia, spokesman for vladimir putin said the president expressed his deepest condolences to gorbachev family. he went chief antonio who taro said he was deeply saddened by gorbachev's passing. described him as a one of a kind statesman who changed the course of history. european commission, president of lafond alliance, said gorbachev's crucial role in bringing down the iron curtain opened the way for

a free europe and the foundation of their new ways. president ronald reagan tweeted, the gorbachev was a man who was once a political adversary, but who ended up becoming a friend of all the moscow bureau chief fury. rashid, or joins us from reger. our political correspondent, thomas sparrow, is here in berlin. tours for germans. gorbachev is revered for his role in the re unification of east and west germany. absolutely the fall of the berlin wall and the whole process that led to german reunification is undoubtedly the most significant political development in germany in recent decades. and german politicians, not only now but also in the past have time and time again highlighted the very important role that mister gorbachev played in that process. it was really a very significant role in february 1990. when then chancellor hadn't what coil was trying to get support from the united states but also from the soviet union. it was

particularly important to visit that he made to moscow way precisely. got gorbachev's support for german reunification. it's still a date that many here in germany remember. and as such, gorbachev played a very significant role in that something that is still remembered particularly to day. gorbachev being cold. here in germany, germany's most beloved russian. that just gives you an idea of the role that he played in germany and also how many germans still consider him to day. russians have a more mixed view of him. you re, can you tell us about that? while mister garbage was responsible for a period of important political reforms before the collapse of the soviet union, and he carried out the forms of glasnost openness and perestroika restructuring after coming to power 1985. so millions of russians, including me as i grew up in the former soviet union, exactly at that time. so many people are extremely thankful to him for opening up

the soviet society for opening the biggest country intervals towards the world around it. but even though many people wor happy about that openness nowadays, many russians say they are very unhappy that they lost to the soviet union. why? while because one days a simpler went to sleep in one country and a wednesday walk up, ah, that country didn't exist any more. and the problem is that for many people is that man that they walk up is nothing without even a blanket to protect them from poverty. and it took russia a long, long time of to overcome the poverty of the late eighties and early nineties to race. russia from its knees and expressions that became a real favorite in russian propaganda. later, you re what? take overture. think of flat him a person and his warn you cry. oh, got much of has talked about his support for russian president vladimir putin many, many times. a bunch of claim to not russia, but to washington,

was to blame for the crane crisis in 20 a 14 or the former soviet leader defended russia policy and ukraine. he maintained that with the ukraine crisis provided an excuse what he said, for the united states to pick on russia. he argued that russia agreed to new relations, but not every one in the united states liked russia. you're all, but that was all set before the onset of the war at the beginning of this year. and we have little information on what gorbachev reaction to eat really was reportedly she was upset by putins invasion of ukraine. according to a close friend of the former soviet leader. he felt his life's work was being destroyed. all his freedom which once gave to the russian, people with his reforms has now been undone again. thomas, how was that relationship between go? which often put in, regarded here in berlin. why was obviously a relationship that was followed? but i think the developments in the 199989 period

a so significant here in germany and the role that gorbachev played in giving, let's say, allowing permitting east germans in particular to go to the streets and protest that at period we described just now of the peaceful revolution is so significant for germany and for jerome as at that overshadows his most recent political opinions in that regard. so if you look at how germans are reacting to day, how the german media is reacting today, how german politicians are reacting to day, you will clearly see that it's all focused on his role back then. and not so much focused on his most recent opinion. it's all about that role that he played in 19899090 that very important area for germany, the fall of the berlin wall and germany's reunification to a sparrow in berlin and you re re chateau in riga. thank you very much to both of you to ukraine now,

where united nation is nuclear experts at the pardon ukraine's capital for the occupied power plant near separation. the 14 strong team will assess the condition of the facility, and any danger near by fighting could pose for europe's largest nuclear power station. lead investigator. rafa grossi told journalists, the un experts are in ukraine to help stabilize the situation. the facility has been occupied by russian troops since march and has repeatedly become the target of shelling. both moscow and keep blame each other for the attacks. dw correspond. mattie sperling, i is in salary. shush, i asked him what you went. inspectors will focus on during their visit, so they are on their way now. they will possibly arrived tonight or tomorrow morning on the site and they will look for the damage done to the facility. there has been shelling in our gar for now some weeks that some of it has had closely to the plant or 2 electric lines and other important

structures near the plant. so they will, this has been damaged. that's the 1st thing. it will assess how the security systems are working. every power plant has a range of systems that are either need to be activated in cases of security or that protect the power plant and that will ensure the cooling keeps on. so there can no be no a nuclear meltdown. so this is the 2nd thing they want to do. and the 3rd thing is that they want to talk to the stuff, the ukranian stuff in this power plant and see what they're working conditions are like, and whether this is still sustainable. well, as mathias mentioned, he's been speaking to people fleeing the russian occupied area around the nuclear power plant. one of them was a technical worker from the facility. he says he's concerned about it. safety and

fears. russia may try to conceal the reality of the situation from the un inspectors. some have spent hours some days waiting for this moment here in the port. refugees arrived from the occupied territories in the south. some of the fighting, some life and occupation. and recently, new worries have emerged a little does not live here. we live about 40 kilometers from and at that officially we're not in the danger zone. but it's not far that i don't know if you've seen them when they shoot, we can hear it. so we decided to pack our things and leave all of all these just because we need them or know is up what is. yeah, the refugees are registered and get food and assistance. buses are waiting for those who want to travel on in the past few days. many have arrived from the

embattled city of in now her dog. we have spoken to a few people who have just left and now her daughter and the nuclear power station there. they're talking about constance shelling. they're saying they are afraid of what might happen to the nuclear power station and that they want to move as far as possible from there. none of them agreed to speak on camera, out of concern for relatives. they've left behind. but we managed to reach cut up, it's by video call. he paused here a few days ago, come out and he was an engineer. the planned was on shift until last week. he thinks the risk of the plan grows as more colleagues, li mother was a goodness station needs constant maintenance. now this work is not being done at a power plant. everything should go like clockwork. from the beginning of a mason's job, until the end let, there should be a strict shuttle. everything needs to be done at certain hours,

certain days on certain shifts in now the clock is broken. it's still ticking. i just, but it doesn't work any more. any that you guys don't get all my he doesn't believe the mission of the international atomic energy authority will have any impact. he doubts, they will get the full picture based on the visit of a russian t. v. crew to the plant. within your book and they showed the crew that they were removing military equipment from the plant and that everything was working well just after the journalists left and they brought everything back in. they've learned how to make propaganda. we can kind of see what they know how to prepare pictures. when the i a a comes, they will show them a nice picture. when the i alias, everything will be the same as before. i got a copy, the journals, those who have made it out. i relieved nobody knows for how long the roads will be

open from lauren joined by ukrainian security analyst alexi melnick from the resident cough center in keith. welcome. how intense is the finding around separation and how will that impact this visit by inspectors? good morning. during the last 2 weeks, there was an especially a bucket of intense fighting. we talk about russians showing what they learned from the nuclear power plant. as a city of nicole, this is just because you can you call and you've been awesome to take from russian horses both sides. it's been all accused each other showing but

i think that's at least one site ukrainian that completely stain from any and here over the ukrainian president of mesa, lansky says is still the threat of a nuclear disaster, but the shelling continues, doesn't it? well, we've been talking to both traveling and i think wrongly we use quite often both sides. but let me in ukraine, young and military are well aware of the nuclear possible nuclear disaster. and i don't see any person would take any advantage of striking, rational positions and put in a face. mulch is our own citizens and military because ukrainian emory most probably on the other sites we will,

that the russians use. it's not the 1st day they early ever in march. they use the normal in the shell for being pretty sure venues will not show it. so it is or are these particular reasons for trying to words about a new but so let me just include it in the main source of the problem is that there was no concerns about safety or dish, abrasion, nuclear vision, you kind of lost a counter offensive to reclaim territories in the south and east. what impact is that having on separation? oh well well, it impacts and we still don't have too much income or not information about what is what is the progress you're paying to miss owens, but definitely ukrainian horses using different tactics. then they tried to avoid

speech fighting regarding care. so or the same in the own place is asian security analysts look faith manic and keep many thanks. let's take a quick look at some of the stories making headlines while the iraqi president ha ha, has called for early elections to settle a political crisis, which is triggered some of the deadliest violence in years. at least 30 people have been killed since classes between rival she eyed backs and broke out on monday, influential shia cleric malta has called on his support is due in their protest. shabazz on hundreds of people have taken to the streets of hey, he to protest against crime and soaring consumer prices. central banks as inflation is at a 10 year high. fuel stocks are running low, as in boy has struggled to get the subsidies that keep prices low and the taliban

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advises of former german chancellor. helmut kohl and sat at the table when the late german chancellor negotiated germany's re unification with gorbachev. he joins us on the line. tell us what that moment was like being at the table. well, it was really exciting moment because it was absolutely surprising that without long explanations, go over to subtleties, said the chancellor. now, to the government of the g d r and this german government, whether they want to be united, how wanted they want to be united and how 1st this was so surprising that i was no take of this

meeting and the chancellor immediately he should try to repeat this explanation because it was absolutely fundamental. was there anything you admired about go which awful or disliked about him? well, to be at my from the very beginning that 1st of all the information is up the furniture and the inc. this we previous school, which of we have met all of them and meeting them. it was obvious that we have to deal with sick counter purge, partly very sick and said to leave and we met go much of

one day ceremony of journey anchor. this was a for the secretary channel who didn't read at the beginning, prepared by the police vehicle. but who was from the very beginning. first of all, he was not the new man. he was elsie. secondly, he was quite young compared to his pleading thirdly papers. but to immediately, to, to discuss all the items which what else will stay in your mind about his legacy? well, his legacy is quite simple. he,

he knew that he had to change more or less ever seeing the domestic policy his own party, the relations with the listen partners, the p and says here man, cuz he was a he was that he has to reopen, spits action, and control negotiations. and if he caught his time to fall, the just agreement on this moment to the end to both to was that he has to change domestic policy because russia soviet union has suffered a lot of problems. not enough

food. they couldn't pay the salaries of mine in the sea and so on. he was faced with so many cause problems domestically and foreign policy that it was kind of merely through the t was to meet these problems and to find solutions this together, this, this is what, what year up it looks like without for which off. well, i have doubts but the unification has been posted on the face difficult period in january,

1997 months of to the all come down hammer cool. was eager to meet go virtual. does it fall over the walls? but in general, in 19 this was the time and it to me to go bunch of but suddenly i had to learn the media that gorbachev had cancelled all meeting politicians in january 19. and we didn't know why and late on the opportunity to talk to for mr. chavez, when he had just retired, i met him and what has happened to him at that time,

january 9 to moscow and he said, well mister, tell shake. tell you we have had discussions was in our leadership whether be should mobilize our troops in the t. d, see, on the 8th 2012, your troops reported to the in the cio we have discussed riverview should. oh, for sure, my tooth to close to all. okay. this would have been a nightmare. talking about the late soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev with horse tell chic advisor to the late comic coal. thank you very much for the insight. ok. fern road and reminder of the top story we're following for you. while leaders and other public figures have been paying tribute to former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev,

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