to look so common ground with what i did was defend the soviet union to the last bullets. but i failed breaking news here went off the international, the fine old leader of the soviet union. mikhail gorbachev cause died age 91 in moscow. central hospital after a long illness aronoff, he will be looking back to his historic legacy and off special coverage in just a few months. also in the program of the idea of a 2nd civil war and america does not seem to call fetched with over 40 percent of americans now saying they could see that happening within a decade. it's all according to a new poll, a and the latest numbers for you here. when i change national,

we understand that these 30 people have been killed and over 700 wounded in pastors in baghdad. it's following to with time and from politics of a leading shia cleric who stood firm for many years against us influence in iraq with it is so good to have you with us today here want to r t international. we've got your top stories right now and we continue with our special coverage and its breaking news, her naughty international as the final leader of a soviet union. and they called gorbachev has died 891 in moscow central hospital as we understand it was after a prolonged illness and many top politicians from around the world have already expressed their condolences over his death. so for a moment here were naughty international. let's take a look through gorbachev, legacy in our special coverage.

ah, i had all these peter scott with me in the studio just a bit earlier in the program. he's been following the world's reaction to the death of mechanical. unsurprisingly, there's been an absolutely huge outpouring of condolences for the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. i mean, stopping here at home, we have putin who expresses deepest condolences on some point later today. he is expected to get in touch with gold shops, friends, and relatives, and express those condolences to him. un 60 general antonio, good terrorist described him as a one of a kind states new changed the course of history. the u. k. p. m admired gorbachev's courage and integrity, your opinion and present us live on the lie and praised him as a trusted,

unrestricted leader who laughed as she described. unforgettable legacy. and i could go on rory, but just touching on that from forgettable legacy that's sort of underlying phrased in for i think it's fair to say that it is a bit of a mixed 5. depending on where you look at it from in the west. gorbachev is seen as this sort of progressive reforming lead. you both around democracy, an error of hope. and he opened up ross and of course he did, you know, he, he brought an end to the cold war. he signed a number of arms reduction treaties with the u. s. and of course, was around the be an indication of germany. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1990 as well for his role in improving relations between the east and west. but i think it's fair to say the overhead and russia that legacy isn't quite as rosy. many russians, they do blame him for the economic turbulence caused by his reforms. you have obviously the iconic perestroika and glass, most the restructuring,

an openness to plunge, living standards here. and of course the ninety's were very chaotic time in russia . so he's been seen in 2 favorable lights among many russians here. and of course, president putin famously said that he sees the collapse of the soviet union as the greatest duplex school catastrophe of the 20th century. now, following the collapse of the soviet union, of course, gorbachev stepping down from paula in 9 to one. he very much took a back seat in russian politics. he did, however, try one more for a into the national political arena in 96 where he run for president. but he only received half a percentage of the votes. and since then, he mainly focused on humanitarian and educational projects. now he's expected to be buried in moscow's nova d. v. g cemetery next to his wife rice and she passed away in 1919 a very famously, mrs. her solely or missed her solely. and of course, will bring you more on the,

the fall off. and gorbachev death as a mom, we get to go to much of overhaul the soviet union's foreign policy by introducing the new political thinking doctrine, which ultimately thought relations with the weston. well, brought about the end of the costly cold war. gorbachev called for the world to be seen as united and interdependent. instead of divided into a communist and capitalist countries, he saw the balance of interest of different countries other way of solving international problems. universal values had to be recognized above all others, whether they be religious or national. soviet leader also wanted to see the world free of all nuclear weapons by the start of the 21st century. ah, he ended the isolation of our country and she brought last most and freedoms.

he accompanied group which of to the key meetings of the time on witnessing as history was made. one such meeting was the reykjavik summit in october 1986. the one when ronald reagan and may have gorbachev moved to a ground breaking nuclear arms control agreement. despite torques collapsing at the last minute, there was still seen as a huge breakthrough. breakable was the most dramatic, the most exciting and ultimately a disappointment to that point. but later it turned out that the main parameters of nuclear arms reductions had been agreed and then became treated that are assigned and 87, and then 9 to one. those treaties surf russian us the world read well, the tickets break having became possible only after the 1st meeting between reagan

and gorbachev, the historic 1985 geneva summit, it was held despite huge skepticism around the events. many soviet experts on the might at states thought that reagan was a very conservative very right wing president with whom you can really can help do business and done. gotcha believed otherwise and said otherwise. and they were able to establish a relationship with reagan that worked quite well. but one of the very 1st meetings gorbachev held with the west was with the iron lady herself, yuki premier, margaret thatcher. the 2 met in 1984 before garbage of even pick. so the leader, the talks were viewed as a 1st step to finally warning relations between the soviet union and the west. i like me to go over tough. we can do business together. she said so to ronald reagan,

in that sense, she was influential and she played an important role in establishing the right atmosphere. remember that before i go mature of came in, there hadn't been a u. s. so get some. it was 6 years. it's an absolutely incredible thing. if you look at it, it was a huge turn around in the relationship and something that despite all the differences between gorbachev and subsequent leaders has not been undone. and what about off was responsible for a major nuclear disarmament breakthrough a following nearly 2 years of wrangling with n u. s. president reagan over the issue, he suddenly made a surprise announcement, said the soviet union was ready to sign the treaty without delay. so let's take you back, december 1987, the soviet union and america agreed to eliminate all of that land based intermediate range nuclear missiles. right? that, that's the iconic photo of gorbachev. and then president reagan signing the documents

and ultimately getting their names on those treaties. or 33 years ago, gorbachev became the 1st soviet leader to visit china after relations between the countries chilled following joseph stollins death. it malta, new stage of bilateral relations between moscow and beijing. and now more than 3 decades later, cooperation between the countries as an all time high, china has now become the number one trading partner with russia, creating economic and political ties as an alternative to that of western reliance . moscow invasion of place that their relationship has no limits as they look towards the future. well, let's learn more crossing life now to benjamin child of the paris school of technology and business, and the spent of a china and globalization very good morning to you. so thanks so much for joining us, doing a special rolling coverage on r t international. take me back if you will. what influence has gotten off had in

improving relations between moscow and beijing? but the relations between moscow and paging had unexpectedly turn sour doing the cold war between the u. s. a, the u. s. s r. but it's also expected in a sense that the u. s. wanted to gain support from china in this very important golden triangle of international relations. and colbert chef went to china in may, 988. he was the 1st high level leader of the u. s. s. r to be china in 30 years. and the relationship between more school and bridging had to improve since that when you talk about a good approach office visit the end of the decade, it was in may, as you said, the visit was followed by student protests. and even now of course, the infamous gentleman square of bends,

you think in some way those developments hurt bilateral ties to an extent eye witness what happened during the movement at that time, i think called the shelf high port visit page right in the middle of the various, if you're into problems in china, that the man you can on the imported who reform in china and at the time called the chef was traced by with so much that he was, we put to the stage for reform and hope he's a young meter at 58 compared to the param out chinese leader, then south p 84. and his old comrades and the chinese at the time were fully aware of what's happening in the soviet union. and so the communist party grew by the chinese people that, that communist party in the soviet union was more or less in clothing. and so the, the, the company's pocket member in china on with that. and you know,

the rest of the story is what we know today. china did not follow exactly what the u. s. has done to reform the system and the economy to china. it is gradually, in many says, global shelf has taught china what not to do in for with a child. let's, let's do a bit of a comparison. if we can, we talk about to go to much office visit in the late eighty's to china. then let's talk about the difference now with putin at the helm of russia, gorbachev was essentially a man who gained celebrity status with his western professional partners. brewton doesn't seem to have that celebrity status now. however, how is the relationship between beijing and moscow different now to day that it was back in the times of quarter. but you know, as you have been seen, china relationship with for sure,

is or time high or almost in history down. because although the 2 leaders put in an accomplish of what they were being viewed quite deeply in the west by the western standard. but what is important should to china, it's really about the welfare of, of, of the people. of course, 1st of all the people of its own country. we see china for exempt. see a lot of, you know, complementarity. we have with us or with the washer because china is a world factory, but we didn't have too much energy, which is very good. and we put a huge amount of energy research so that we, we, we didn't see that there is a, to anybody's interest from the us from days what your site knows,

which one of you to not improve the relationship. but china just fall, follow the way we do it for many economy. in the last 40 years, you're seeing this thing is so called to track system where the market economy is gradually take a more and more important role alongside with the plan the economy in well, in terms of mutually be measured by pushing power parity. china has already surpassed us in 2020 so, so china approves that there was a way other than a call to to reform, improve the lives of the source or something good about you were saying back in those days when he was visiting china, he where he was supportive of a more of a multi polar. well, he said he didn't want the world to be separated communist states and capital estates. and essentially, now you look at what lot of putin has been saying in recent months about the emergence, the new born, multi polar world. it would be interesting if we could go back just a few days and get the opinion of the former soviet liter mikhail gorbachev.

benjamin child of the center for china and globalization joining us life a for the special rolling coverage. we appreciate your time. thank you. now, one of the biggest marks that the last soviet later made was the fall. of course, of the berlin wall will take you back november. the 9th 1989, now ultimately led to the reification of germany after being divided for almost half a century. this is how the historic event unfolded. have a look at this. aah! 1989. a year when the berlin wall fell together with the political, ideological and territorial division of germany, the last 28 years or the people of germany. awaking $961.00 to the 5th of reality. in this moment told they could be divided by bob, white, concrete, and stones from their friends and relatives were throughout the bulls existence

more than 10000 people try to make it across hundreds who killed. and mikhail gorbachev played a crucial role making a peaceful reunification possible. i come here to this gate mister gorbachev. open this gate. ah mister gorbachev, tear down this way. i know he needs you knowing mikhail gorbachev visited germany, promoting perestroika and glass. no. see, my interrogates, got about and people could shave quickly. falling i did. the leadership of the communist body in moscow was much more open much the mountain. reacting on that a good question. a

i think that he wanted to make the, the leaders of the eastern world understand you have to accept that we live in times of changing. and if we don't react, we will be pushed by sallow. ah. now gorbachev is not known only just for his new political thinking policies towards the west, but also for his love of western culture. and during his time, he had also to meet and greets, with the hollywood superstars rubbing elbows with the a list as he was also featured in european clothing campaigns and even had a starring role in a pizza hut commercial. oh, he's not all of us. we discourage his wisdom and his vision, and of course his tremendous will a

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a now back home. gorbachev implemented up spread of domestic social, political, and economic reforms, including the completed democratization of soviet policies and an intended boost for the economy. of course, no discussion of soviet policies will be complete without mentioning glass in aust, and perestroika, glass northwest transparent discussion of politic, full and social issues as well as the free circulation of news and information. as a result, ecological problems, politicians, privileges, and soviet bureaucracy. we're all fed game to discuss,

but his throat was the democratic restructuring of the soviet political and economic systems. however, many think that but as throwing up was a failure, it led to a collapse in industry and dia, shortages of consumer goods, leading to long queues of people for even the most basic of necessities. the weak economy, as well as political divisions spark, massive social unrest. here are the features for you right now. how many angry citizens protested in the streets over poor living conditions, or the spite strong criticism of perestroika its consequences. gorbachev insisted that he was defending the soviet union up until the very end of the year. what i did was defend the soviet union to the last bullet, but i failed. i don't agree when people say that perestroika failed, didn't fail. it was disrupted, derailed the beginning of $990.00. gorbachev approval rating in the u. s. has all stood at 70 percent. by the end of the year,

it was roughly 20. the survey people felt let down by perestroika when there hopes for a better future. simply were not met. at the same time, go to the officer rating in the west, went through the roof, 81 percent approval rating in america, $75.00 in germany, in britain, and 70 percent approval rating in italy. now a slew of economic, social and political failures during perestroika lead to an attempted coup. let's take you back. august 1991 with senior government and military officials tried to take control of the country away from go to buy off. it failed in just 3 days, but it did precipitate. the dissolution of the soviet union were then future leader of boris yeltsin poise to come to the for oh god, the 19th, 1991 on every tv channel in the country,

a continuous loop of the ballet swan lake. meanwhile in moscow dramatic scenes, we're playing out a moment, vehicles rolling into the capitol. the presence of the usa seller is out of town and not the house. the rest is holiday home in crimea will radio and t v announcements proclaimed mikhail gorbachev was no longer fit for duty. and the country was now under the control of an emergency committee. ah, city, destiny was motionless. stoopa stay unused at all. yeah, he's phoning, you gotta watch over me fail. i'm city h hm. so unless the president the as a say he's in a theater tabling him shuttle. it's lay awfully senior i. the stitching is up on misty fight at them. police teaches the chain if, alleging of i didn't, if me, if my, if it's, it's a set natal tray smith with independent media shut down, people across the soviet union left struggling to understand what exactly is

happening. while most device were waking up to around $4000.00 troops and hundreds of times, but truly miss streets, the co attempt was masterminded by communists hotline is they wanted to derail a pending agreement on wide ranging sovereignty for soviet republic. but tens of thousands of protest this began heading outside, forming around the russian government had quoted russian leda boris yeltsin. famously defied the takeover from the full tank i knew on by the evening. 6 more tanks join yelled inside. the next day crowds outside the white house continue to grow. ah august, the 21st 3 people killed when andy cooper. it is to try to solve the column of ahmed vehicles. ah.

with a day later, gorbachev returns to moscow as the attempted overthrow effectively collapses, crowns, as the russian tree claw becomes the official state flag to the symbolic sign of victory by the hard line communist truth . despite the controversies, gorbachev was still widely considered. one of the brightest and most significant politicians of his time, we will continue our special coverage of his profound historic legacy throughout the day here on arty international. ah no i returning to today, i made political bickering,

income inequality rising distrust and a criminal investigation into a former president. now more than 40 percent of americans say they could foresee a civil war breaking out within the next 10 years. that is, according to a new nation wide survey by you. gov and the economist magazine, and the washington post said last week that america quote, stands as close to the edge of civil war as it has since 18. 61. the current investigation into former president trump has visibly raised tensions across the country. and thus, as the new york times has claimed that criminal prosecution of tromp would be a necessary 1st step towards fixing the country's problems. well, let's take a long, hard look without his caleb when you have more than 40 percent of the u. s. public saying that they believe a civil war is coming within the next decade. that's a pretty big deal. now when people explain this, they don't really explain where these beliefs are coming from. a major factor might

be that the democrat run whitehouse is labeling the g o p and branding millions of their followers as fascists. i was very clear when lane out and defining what make america great again, republicans have done and you look at the definition of fascism and you think about what they are doing in attack in our democracy. that is, well, that is, it is very clear. opened a history book. the word fascism brings back memories of world war 2. it's quite an extreme label, but the democrats are not shying away from it. joe biden and his allies seem hell bent on pinning this on republicans. what we're seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme maga. philosophy is not just trump is the entire philosophy that underpins the i'm going to say something. it's like semi fascism. i think the american people are waking up to reality that things have changed so

drastically. mark my words, if republicans will win the midterms, they will move to wiping out choice across the board. but it gets worse now people with right wing views are being told they're not welcome. in liberal states, the governor of new york just told the states 5400000 local republicans to get lost . and we're here to say that the arrow of trump and zeldin and manero, just jump on a bus and head down to florida where you belong. okay, get out of town. get out of town. but you don't really, you don't represent our values. you are not new yorkers. and in addition to being described as fascists, republicans are now being labeled as terrorists time and again, we see them say one thing and do another they are. they are not concerned with life . they're just concerned. we're trying to score cheap political points. they're concerned with trying to clinical own lives and they don't really care what wreckage is left in their wake. they are

a destructive force in american politics. they are basically a domestic terrorist. so operating within america, their goal is to end democracy. now the responsibility of any leader in such a situation would be to re unify the country and turn down the heat. abraham lincoln famously quoted the biblical passage sang. a house divided against itself cannot stand, but that is not the approach of the white house. it looks like the heat is going to keep ratcheting along with inflation until the november mid terms. at least they look mopping r t new york. gives you some disturbing numbers from iraq, whereas we understand now. 30 people have been killed over 700 wounded in clashes between protests and authorities. all of this going down in the diplomatic zone also that have the green zone in baghdad. i protested, storm government offices on monday in support of leading opposition, shia cleric mercado our father,

he announced his final retirement from politics and an ongoing power struggle in the country. earlier on tuesday, the cleric to support is to leave the streets within an hour with militant protest, just starting to disperse quite quickly thereafter. more details on that story from iraq online at our p dot com for the meantime. though, a team of experts from the international atomic energy agency has left key. evan is heading to the embattled zacko. she nuclear power plot and southeastern ukraine. the vienna based agencies director general rafael growth. see said earlier that he hoped to arrange a permanent presence at the facility to ensure security. early on tuesday, the i. e. a mission arriving where they met the ukrainian president of the parents comes on the heels of repeated attacks on the nuclear power plot and by ukrainian forces during the last 2 months. and that is, according to russian officials,

the kremlin earlier no to the delegation will visit the plant from ukrainian control. safety during the trip will be provided by the site came under control of russian forces in march. they've been guarding it ever since. earlier moscow had asked for an independent investigation into the types to prevent a possible nuclear as well. thanks for spending time with us here at auto international in moscow. appreciate you joining us for our special rolling coverage that help the death of the final soviet lead mccloud. what about catch up on all of our stories online at all t dot com for the meantime with