you make gorbachev. he set into motion forces that he would later not be able to steer or control at all. i mean, we, after remember he was a communist leader. he wanted reform, but there was no guide book for him to turn a command economy into something that resembled a market economy. i'm wondering if, if you think, did he push forward with these reforms somewhat blindly and with a considerable degree of naivete. well, i would say yes, he was naive and even utopian and of sense that he tried to do what turned out to be impossible. you can make a pretty good case that his whole project was doomed from the start by russia. what it was, by its own history, by the forces who remained from the soviet totalitarianism, who were allied, arrayed against him. um, but nonetheless, he tried. and in that sense, you know, one has to respect him, admire him, and almost wish for more leaders in other countries who would dare to try and professors didn't. gorbachev of course, was not. he wasn't a simple man. he was com

is seen as gorbachev made.bachev presided over the collapse of the soviet union. putin is trying to build it back by blood and steel. so, it is not that there is nothing strange that the present kremlin and gorbachev had lukewarm relationships. he was not announced officially by the kremlin, though some forces to denounce him as a traitor, and so on. but he is also no hero. and gorbachev would be a much more private affair. again, maybe his family also did not want her to be a state funeral, too -- did not want it to be a state funeral too. that is not clear right now. hashem: ok. maria, the 2021 poll that you spoke about which qualified gorbachev as the worst political leader in russia in the 20th century, is it mainly because of the perception that his policies introduced the collapse of the soviet union, which was described by putin as the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. or is it just because people think that he failed in delivering on political and economic reforms? guest: well, in retros

and it was important to leisure gorbachev to be buried next to her a gorbachev was seen as so much more in the west. ah, his legacy in the folk former soviet states is quite mixed. so let's have a quick look back at his political life. douglas as your country mikhail gorbachev . first speech as leader of the soviet union. it was clear he was a stark contrast to his predecessors. we scored you was the old right. i live in peace and freedom is the most. am your autopay sick, right to veteran widow for our kilobit. gorbachev wanted to change the soviet union to bring it closer to the people. he promoted glass nah, st. 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 in severe voters, almost, i'm convinced that we will also have to reform our military law. we have far too many weapons law safely. we have to seek dialogue with other superpowers and reduce our arsenals to a reasonable extent in that yourself. as a result of

it. lithuanians will not glorify gorbachev. ah, they will never forget the simple fact that his army murder to civilians, to prolong his regimes occupation of his country. his holiness fired and on arm to protest, horace and crushed them under his tanks. that is how lithuanian will remember mikhail gorbachev says, i thank you very much. and once again, we're just looking at these life pictures coming in of the funeral of the last soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. people paying respects some lane flowers and an open coffin funeral. as you can see there, one not attended by russian president vladimir putin who says that he's too busy to come along to day to pay his respects. he did privately lay flowers. gorbachev scoffing at a musket hospital on thursday where it died. we will be bringing you more on that day without life coverage. thank you very much, yuri, concerts remain about the safety of the separation nuclear power station and ukraine. experts from the international atomic energy agency remain on site after carrying out an

amy: that is gorbachev in 2019 and 2011.katrina vanden heuvel, if you can talk about his changing view right through to the russian invasion of ukraine? >> so mikhail gorbachev was a deep democrat, social democrat out of the communist party. he introduced the fairest and freest imprimatur elections to russia. he also -- the missing figure is yelton who presided over the creation of an oligarchy which continues to elude russia. so in that, he saw putin coming in, appointed by yelton come to kind of save the institution of the state, the nuclear institutions and installations as well from chaos, breaking down. he respected putin as the alternative to yeltsin, but he saw how putin acquired more and more power. the process of democratization began under yeltsin but has continued vigorously under putin and he began to see that. the man, a leader who withdrew a country from afghanistan -- and that was that easy. there are transcripts showing the fights. did not admire someone who was waging war in chechnya, following yeltsin's pat

gorbachev believes that he is right.hing from all points. carved in general, they did everything as it should be. happened. this is how russia democratizes its country and implements reforms. that is, we around all these european countries showed their reforms, but you to say what they called the velvet revolution yes, and germany remains. this is the business of the german strongly in large cities continuously, in fact there is, uh, the case of a shlib demonstration. and this is how it goes on and on. but we must not forget another paradox that in russia is perceived almost as a betrayal in the west, perhaps understood as a subtle game and even deceit. once i heard the speech of the former american ambassador on american television. he called gorbachev the most dangerous leader of the soviet union of all, that they ever were, because he was smart, charming and instilled a false sense of security to the last. so it was believed both in the cia and in the pentagon gorbachev kol in july of the ninth year in arkhyz in karac

gorbachev. crowds line up in moscow to see the blast leader of the soviet union lay to rest. there'll be no full state funeral for the man. some russians reject as a traitor. experts voice concerns about the safety of your biggest nuclear power plant. you, when you see inspectors describe the damage from shelling it ukraine separation power plant russian occupied facility restarts one of its reactors, despite me by fighting and a t as low as 20 free time grant sam taylor's champion, serrita williams bows out of the us open and possibly her career. she loses to australia is either not of it. ah, i'm been puzzled and woke up. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev is being laid to rest at a ceremony in moscow. gorbachev died on tuesday at the age of 91 after a long illness crowds lining up in moscow to see the former president lying in state at moscow's hold of columns. but he's not been given a full state funeral, usually helpful for leaders. russian president vladimir putin will

gorbachev's courage. however, his courage is something that wasn't, can give us optimism in these dark hours ever to tackle the questions facing us. he was a humanist and they believed and in human beings and what they were capable of achieving the 20 we can, if we wanted. he said again and again, even under very difficult lawyers situations, he always said we can find new solutions in the interest of the international community. we must not. you said mister bye and his life was the best example of this evading. miss ne, live with the will, does not have to stay the way it is, i believe, in what, not even after this brutal war, and least by russia and ukraine. more to morrow can be a better day by day, week. the day after tomorrow can be better than that, but it's going to take a long time to get there and it's going to be a rocky road there. we need courageous people fighting for the peaceful lying world based on of justice who are prepared to leave the beat and track noise and look for new ways of actin

gorbachev of course.of the most beautiful regions of the entire soviet union, and he had someone and how to accept here from among the soviet party officials , it’s another matter that, once at the top of the political power of the soviet union, he he had to get acquainted with such giants completely incomprehensible to him. as a veteran and, of course , margaret thatcher and by the way, why was it that gorbachev first invited thatcher to her back in the fall of 1984, when he was still only a successor. and even that is not obvious. you are aware that at the end of 84, it was not you aliev who could have gone to london. now they have declassified british internal correspondence to britain and they were looking for a young member of the poliberosk with whom they could establish contact, they considered two candidates for you. i his so who was looking for the british. it is interesting. the british were looking for us. that's specifically about this later in our film. although no. first, let's make one more

., , ~ , , gorbachev? i only knew him briefly, i can't claim — gorbachev?ly knew him briefly, i can't claim i really _ gorbachev? i only knew him briefly, i can't claim i really knew _ gorbachev? i only knew him briefly, i can't claim i really knew him, - gorbachev? i only knew him briefly, i can't claim i really knew him, i - i can't claim i really knew him, i had an interview with him, it was very good, he was interesting to without the environment, he sponsored a foundation called the green cross in geneva which was attempting to do for the environment what the red cross did for humanity, and for prisoners of war, but he didn't really want to talk much about his time in office. i left after trash i met him after he left office. i also went to his birthday party in the albert hall and it was quite a spectacle, his 80th birthday, and he had it there because he knew nobody would come if he held it in moscow, and it was tremendous, there were tributes from all sorts of statesmen, there were orchestral movements, song and dance, but he had a big reception, pr

gorbachev was called on by the british gorbachev cunningly not how to make secretaries like the cpsu on the parliamentary line, as the chairman of the committee of the supreme soviet of the ussr on international affairs, we recall that the same valentina parshina was a member of this delegation. many people ask were interviewed. we did not talk , only yakovlev and gorbachev talked. and what happened there? we do not know what and how it happened there. in fact the whole known tossed her folder and i folded it and started talking. then she climbed with her bare feet on the sofa there. or maybe she tried you like that? striking no, however, the same technique with legs is interesting. in a few years, us secretary of state madlon, walbert on negotiations with yevgeny primakov, primakov, as we can see, only laughed at the fact that thatcher, the hosts, who headed the conservative party, was an emancipated western person, and what the inexperienced soviet comrades took for gestures of incredible confidence was often not necessarily a game, but simply an unusual western manner, which gorba

how is gorbachev remembered? not just in russia, but also the former countries of the soviet union, such as latvia were, you are well, while many russians see the disintegration of the usaa as a catastrophe and criticized gorbachev for it, people in the former soviet republics hold him responsible for exactly the opposite for the fact that got a bunch of didn't to go on to the u. s. a sound to fall apart and to didn't wanted . for example, the baltic states and other salvage publics to become a dependent memories of street protests in the early ninety's in georgia. and in the baltic states come to mind today, especially in neighboring lithuania, where they are war 14 dead and hundreds injured on the so called bloody sunday of videos. 30 years ago when soviet special forces tried to suppress the uprising. remembering these events, and gabriella is lance burgess, lithuania is foreign minister to be to that lithuanians wouldn't forget how gorbachev's army murdered civilians to prolong the occupation. awfully selina

the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has been laid to rest in moscow. gorbachev died on tuesday at the age of 91. after a long illness, crowds lined up in moscow to see the former president lying in stated moscow's hall of columns. gorbachev's coffin was then taken to the nova javert, she cemetery. he was buried next to his wife reisa. gorbachev was not given a full state funeral of the type, usually held for former leaders. russian president vladimir potent did not attend siding a full schedule. most western leaders also stayed away because of prudence invasion of ukraine. we heard more on the funeral and gorbachev's legacy from our political correspondence, simon young and d. w correspondent, yours rossetto. i asked you re how russians were saying good bye to last soviet leader while many who came to the downtown of moscow to say good bye to mister gorbachev. many there thought very highly of him, like a young woman victoria. our reporter has talked to. she said the w that had, she praised this 6 years under gorbachev as the best 6 years of her life. those were the

and then when i think about gorbachev and the interview with gorbachev.here was one of those materials that could be given immediately, so i took he has an interview for the ukrainian press, that's why oleg says that on wednesday she is on thursday morning already it is on wednesday. in the evening, i think they were broadcast on radio stations on thursday. there was gas in the morning . fortunately, gorbachev looks like a hansek - it's a slipper. well, there was no one capable of censoring him what did i ask him mykhailo serhiyovych and such a thing i should contact the editor he told me what the editor what i realized here was that i said something stupid to him because well, there was no one else there. when i mention this with all my obvious claims to gorbachev, i once told him that we were no longer the president, we were on some tv program in moscow and i told him, you know mykhailo serhiyevich, to be honest, i am proud that you were my president. i am very glad that you are not my president. now these are two such moments, but that is, perfectly aw

well, i would say a gorbachev. oh, him be celebrated for good intentions and for his belief in freedom and for the fact that he actually r a got away from centuries long tradition of the overwhelming control of the state . but he had wrong ideas about so many things, including the economy. and he thought that somehow soviet socialist economy would be preserved, but reformed wrong on here. he totally underestimated the nationalist dr. ah, he underestimated. i think many things about foreign policy as well. not realizing that sylvia retreat would meet with me in the advance of the west, a needle. ah, but economically it was something that was held immediately because people were people in the soviet union, this puzzle said were overwhelmingly supportive to begin with. log what gorbachev was saying, but when the reforms began in things were falling apart. so many people grow disappointed and i think later on they resented themselves with being so naive than believing that change was possible if only of entrusted their

ah, will mikhail gorbachev? they remembered the late soviet leaders seen as someone who changed the world in the 20th century. but how has that changed shape the world? this is inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm hash barbara the death of mikhail gorbachev is widely being warned as the loss of a champion of freedom who help and the cold war. but the legacy of the last leader, the soviet union, is very different at home. when benny view him as the man responsible for its collapse, his passing received a cool response in russia. many people there began the war in ukraine as necessary to regain some of the power. the former u. s. s. r. last, when it fell, go back have died at the age of 91 in moscow hospital. after 2 years of illness. under summits reports. i got 54 years old mikhail gorbachev became the youngest leader of the soviet union. and he was to be the last few would doubt that he changed the course of 20th century history, although he is revered and respected more in the west than in mo

mr gorbachev took power in 1985.olitical and economic reforms to kickstart the country's economy and he helped to end the cold war. to the west, he was a hero. he charmed on the international stage. here, meeting the then—prime minister margaret thatcher, on his first visit to the uk in 1984, before he became leader. he also opened up the soviet union to the world, but he was not able to prevent its slow collapse. many russians blamed him for the years of turmoil which followed. in his last years, mr gorbachev had been in poor health. more recently, he was said to have been unhappy with president putin's decision to invade ukraine. he was shocked, bewildered by what was happening. for all kinds of reasons, of course. he believed in, notjust in the closeness of the russian and ukrainian people, he believed that those two nations are kind of intermingled. earlier this week, president putin expressed his deepest condolences but the russian leader will not attend mr gorbachev�*s funeral today. the kremlin says he has not

to what 5 him said about gorbachev in put in to put in a gorbachev is almost a traitor. ah, because he gave up on the gain, stary torino and political odd that were made by his, for the services by giving in and giving up control over eastern europe and then presiding over the collapse of the soviet union, our cell. but best foot into 2 people, i think it's more about how he put in the end of that period that is see him to day, almost se golden era in the soviet history done on the fact that he managed, along with ronald reagan to scrub the entire class of nuclear weapons in houston, europe, could that be seen as his biggest political contribution? well, i might have why said that, as you know, that i was an inspector on treating myself personally but, but it really is no longer in existence. so it was a, a major contribution at the time that lasted for several decades. there were innovations and that's really not most notably on site inspections that now was under a cloud given the, the, the drift and dismiss, increasing distrust between the 2 countries and other geopol

nearby is a black-and-white portrait with the highest state awards of mikhail gorbachev. of course, here in the columns of the hall of the house of unions. many of those who knew mikhail sergeevich personally came today. one of the first to arrive was the singer alla pugacheva, also here among those who came to say goodbye were also the director general of the international news agency. russia today and the leading signal of russia alone dmitry kiselev is also the leader of the apple party grigory yavinsky and, of course, the closest associates and associates of mikhail gorbachev are his press secretary ignatenko and his personal translator, who accompanied mikhail sergeevich on many trips abroad, and they have been for 6 years finding power was a lot just with reagan as well. started dating a few times. and then with george bush senior with british prime minister margaret thatcher and that's how those who surrounded mikhail sergeevich all the years today remember his role in many world events. one of the most open politicians in the world. perhaps the most open policy, a

gorbachev of great britain how?sion in the british government at the end of the seminar, it was decided that yuri andropov will be invited to london however, by that time he had died after his death, when chernenko became the head of the ussr it became possible to invite gorbachev by that time he was appointed second secretary of the cpsu, one of the formal duties of the second secretary was to chair the nominal committee on foreign affairs of the supreme council this provided prime minister thatcher and the foreign office with a convenient excuse to invite gorbachev by extending an invitation on behalf of anthony kerch, chairman of the option cr foreign affairs committee gorbachev's visit to great britain in december 1984 for 3 months. before chernenko died, gorbachev became his successor as secretary general, he played an extremely significant role, as it was he who initiated political relations with margaret thatcher. gorbachev recalls this englishman made a deep impression on british politicians. mi and society

these people came to gorbachev to say... ..to thank him, to say, "thank you, mr gorbachev. lost this chance." the end of an era. we hear that phrase so often, its meaning has almost been diluted. but the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history, a rare period when russia was opening up to the world, when people here were being given freedoms, and when east and west pledged to live together in peace. as mr gorbachev�*s coffin was carried from the building, a final round of applause... ..before his finaljourney. most soviet leaders were buried in red square, but for the last leader of the soviet union, his final resting place is this moscow cemetery. mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife, raisa. he loved power but he loved her more. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. earlier, i spoke to the former moscow correspondent for the times, michael binyon, and asked what he thought of mr gorbachev not receiving a state funeral. it is sad but inevitable, there would have been such an obvious contrast between what mr go

and the law seater of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev, has been laid to rest in moscow. gorbachev died on tuesday at the age of 91. after a long illness crowds lined up to see him lying in state. he was not given the kind of funeral, usually held for former leaders. ah, saying good bye to one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. the man who bought the cold war to an end was not given a stay funeral. in fact, the ceremony was more notable for its absences. president vladimir putin, too busy to attend on western leaders, didn't travel to russia as moscow's invasion of ukraine has solid relations. the law. so the leader was given an honory god. his daughter and grandchildren looked on as a relatively modest funeral, went ahead moscow's nova, to each he cemetery a place where many prominent russians lie buried earlier thousands of ordinary musk of i, it's queued up to pay their last respects at the pillar hole, where gorbachev open casket was put on display the whole normally serves as a venue for state funerals, hungarian prime minister victor alba, and also attended

vladimir polyakov talks about communicating with gorbachev, like a gift of fate.s a man, you know, a man with morals. he never changed his principles. people's artist of russia yevgeny mironov played gorbachev in a sensational performance, met him while working on a production, however, on the stage of the theater of nations, gorbachev was an unambiguously positive character, a romantic in love, despite the huge test. he remained confident in himself, under what he was and misha a combine operator , a clean, open, absolutely frank, ah, decent person, and he remained that way when in in 1988, gorbachev went to england and did not visit the grave of karl marx what was mandatory for members of the cpsu philosophers, alexander zinoviev immediately noted the beginning and the era of gorbachev's betrayal entered the history of our country. in the saddest way, as the first main destroyer of that country that flourished, and as the destroyer of the system in which we lived, a person worked, because of which hundreds of thousands of people died millions of people a person

and while gorbachev did not speak.nternal process and what disturbed people. we felt ourselves. so perhaps the most accurate expression of their mood was that it was impossible to live like this any longer. why do they have to stomp a woman in line somewhere in gum to get to buy italian boots or that you were informed about this, right? listen, isn't that a shame. doesn't that characterize the system? what does it mean that it needs to be updated, if not even replaced ? on tights the main thing on tights is the politburo. that's it, it's the same in general. you know further so far i, if this is not a joke, what kind of joke was the decision it could not be. well, i congratulate you. you will now find out this secret decision was yours. now you have learned something new, but it's not announced. true, she printed that a commission of the politburo on tights had been created. it would have been a secret decision for sure. you see, all the decisions of the polishers were classified as secret. it was a secret decision to

at least on in this light gorbachev will rest together. shishkin dmitry popova roman mikhalenko veronika or gudchenkova dmitry matyushin yuri yarchenko. channel one now the news from energodar in our ministry of defense reported about another attempt to seize the nuclear plant with all its might, kiev does not stop even the fact that specialists from the mgt are still working at the zaporizhzhya npp, last night 250 ukrainian special forces and foreign mercenaries on boats and motor boats approached coast of the kakhovka reservoir near energodar and they tried to parachute, how it all ended, the official representative of the ministry of defense, igor konashenkov, will tell. at a distance, four su-30 and two k -52 helicopters were attacked by the russian aerospace forces, as a result of which 20 boats and boats were destroyed, the rest of the boats and boats turned around and left towards the ukrainian coast of russian artillery, including howitzers of high power, small , a blow was struck on the ukrainian section of the coast in the area o

what gorbachev was doing. so he was and i know that i spoke to him not in the last 2 years but, but before he was devastated and it's horrible that now the symbol of perestroika, the symbol of rushes, openness and now is von and basically went back to where one. thank you so much for your time and your inside. that's nina crush over for us in moscow. was sure lank, his former president, his back home at less than 2 months after he fled from unprecedented protests quoted by a roger pox. it was blamed for pushing the nation towards financial disaster. his government ran out of foreign cash reserves and was unable to pay for import, leading to widespread shortages. budget pucks are returned early on saturday, flying in from bangkok. omen elfin in his joins us now from colombo. what's the reaction been like to his return home? have we seen any more protests so far, the reaction is somewhat muted. the return of gotta be roger fox, a happened so fast. i think that the protests is in general and the country as a whol

hundreds of people came from foreign leaders came only the prime minister of hungary buried gorbachevvichy cemetery next to his wife evgeny rozhkov about how everything went. the first and last president of the ussr mikhail gorbachev was said goodbye in the hall of columns of the house of unions, people came here to pay tribute to the memory of the man who led our country for nearly 7 years. it was a time of global changes, many of which were proposed by gorbachev and today in the funeral guard at the coffin replacing each other. those who were with him were then fellow democrat leaders leaders. the media of those years also brought flowers to ordinary people, whom gorbachev surprised with the stavkinsek in 1985. he was not at all like his predecessors. for only 54 years, he did not deliver speeches on a piece of paper, he constantly went to the people and spoke in a language understandable to everyone from work, when you come to the kitchen there is time. i heard you already drop everything and run. listen to mikhail sergeevich this is the most important thing, he was one of the most

and while gorbachev did not speak.ere, of course, we were primarily stimulated by the internal process and what bothered people. we felt ourselves. so perhaps the most accurate expression of their mood was that it was impossible to live like this any longer. why do they have to stomp a woman in line somewhere in gum to get to buy italian boots or that you were informed about this, right? listen, isn't that a shame. doesn't that characterize the system? what does it mean that it requires updating, if not even replacement? when we created the politburo commission headed by some kapitonov? then pantyhose the main thing about politburo tights is even the same in general you know further so far i, if this is not a joke, what kind of joke was the decision it could not be. well, i congratulate you. you will now find out this secret decision was yours. you have now learned something new, but this was not announced. true, she printed that a commission of the politburo on tights had been created. it must have been a secret decis

some of mr gorbachev�*s closest allies are starting to wonder.ctiveness of democratic ideas and the attractiveness of the ideas of human rights and rule of law to quite a few people in russia. apparently there are many people in this country for whom these values are irrelevant. as for gorbachev�*s legacy, that is being destroyed by the invasion of ukraine, renewed east—west tension and by the kremlin�*s crackdown on its opponents. some here believe that today's problems are gorbachev�*s fault. "he failed to stop the fall of the ussr, victor says, "that was a huge mistake." but marina says, "i respected him. to me, he was hope and freedom." his supporters hope that one day russians will come to see that mikhail gorbachev was a force for good for their country and for the world. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. donald trump has reacted angrily to accusations by the usjustice department that his advisers "likely concealed" classified documents, found in an fbi search of his home in florida this month. the former president suggested that agents ha

what difference did gorbachev think? gorbachev's result is more freedom in europe. consider ourselves europeans, we must respect him. i think it is correct to understand. the congress of free russia is taking place. do you think there can be good russians in europe? is this the eye of affection, and such people do not exist, you know, there is no such thing as a society of good russians, you can find one, two, three good ones, but i am now i will so broad and tall with a deep heart , a person turns from a nationalist into such a liberal, not a liberal, but a humanist from a nationalist to a humanist . the russian diaspora is doing, i came across the dutch russian diaspora and the new zealand diaspora, and people were sitting there who looked very funny in the eyes of the ukrainians because they were sitting oh, we are helping there, collecting money , we are there, we are doing demonstrations against putin there well, at first glance, we are definitely laughing because putin is very afraid of the demonstration in new zealand against putin, but on the other hand, i i

, it is important from which angle to look, because these actions are too different in the west, gorbachev out political detente, for which he even later received the nobel peace prize, the germans are still grateful gorbachev for the unification of his country, torn apart for almost half a century after the second world war, the last soviet general secretary loosened the grip and in the ussr by starting an extension and declaring ownership but there was chernobyl and gorbachev's instructions to hold a may day demonstration in kyiv against radiation were orders for the bloody suppression of peaceful demonstrations in baku, vilnius, riga, tbilisi , the russian empire often accuses gorbachev of collapsing the ussr, but the truth is that the first and last president wanted to preserve the empire and all the reforms were aimed precisely at this, well, we have not forgotten how gorbachev supported the annexation of crimea . kateryna pavlovska about what the last general secretary of the communist party of the ussr was remembered for by the last general secretary the ussr received the opel peace

is it correct to call gorbachev a controversial person? all his successors, dreamed of a union that must include ukraine. who among them, including yeltsin, did not see the future of ukraine as fully independent and independent ? of the state in the future, of course, the difference will be in what ways this was achieved, in contrast to russian president putin, gorbachev was not ready to resort to violence, although he had such opportunities, professor kashevyi and her colleague motil, and this is already his merit, professor motil believes that modern russians underestimate gorbachev's legacy, because many of them still miss the soviet union. well, what he did was much better for the world, for ukraine, and ultimately for russia itself, but when you mean it, make sure that you it is difficult to convince them that the end of the empire is a positive thing. a week after the full-fledged invasion of ukraine, mikhail gorbachev celebrated his 91st birthday . he did not make official statements about russian aggression , however, in 2014 he de

gorbachev himself is accused in his homeland of the destruction of the soviet economy and the loss ofstate itself . the last day of summer, drinking water, phones with charging a set of spare underwear and a favorite toy , the patrol police department published recommendations for an alarm backpack for an offline schoolchild in case of a long stay in shelter or urgent evacuation, tsn correspondent nelly kowalska found out for all of us what should be given to a child with him and already knows what is in an alarm backpack the children like kyivan yulia, she is preparing to take her son, a third- grader, to school tomorrow, leo is not a new vyshyvanka, she has been with us since last year, but he is not very he grew up over the summer, the embroidered shirt and trousers have already been ironed, the briefcase leo didn’t bring books to school before, and everything he needed was kept in the classroom this year, a shoulder bag . as a child, a shoulder bag will be alarming. an alarming shoulder bag in general, as a concept, was known only to uh, military or law enforcement agencies, we al

gorbachev refused to intervene. for many germans, it was mr.bachev that paved the way. >> he was a courageous reformer and a statesman who dared to do many things. an attempt to establish democracy in russia. germany could be united in the iron curtain disappeared. the democracy movement also benefited from the fact he was in charge of russia. not only has democracy in russia failed, there is no other way to describe the current situation there. anchor: reaction has been mixed. there were ethnic conflicts and economic chaos and even an attempted coup by communist hardline. vladimir putin is one of them. he described the breakup of the soviet union as the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. >> he was an extraordinary person. a unique person. believing the cold war would end between the soviet union and the world. that romanticism was not justifd. there was no romantic time. anchor: for more on how the russian media is covering this, i spoke a little earlier. >> we have tributes pouringnto many countries outside of russia and it is

some of mitch to gorbachev -- of mr.chev's closest allies are starting to wonder. >> some of us overestimated the attractiveness of the ideas of democratic institutions and rule of law in russia. apparently there are many people in this country for who these values are irrelevant. correspondent: as for gorbachev's legacy, that is being destroyed by the invasion of ukraine, renewed east-tension, and the kremlin's crackdown on its opponents. some believe that today's problems are gorbachev's fault. >> he failed to stop the fall of the ussr, one man says. that was a huge mistake. but one woman says, i respected him. to me, he was hope and freedom. his supporters hope that one day russians will come to see mikael gorbachev was a force for good, for their country and the world. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. laura: a late night court filing by the u.s. justice department on tuesday offered the clearest picture yet of exactly why the fbi wanted a search warrant for donald trump's florida home. filing revealed investigators

boris ivanin spoke about parting sex with soviet president mikhail gorbachev.yazan region has only one natural the fire, according to the press service of the cabinet of ministers of russia, it has already been lykalized the site is surrounded by a protective strip, experts are spilling it with water, 2,500 people are working oncoming people, plus almost 900 units of special equipment, including aviation. sushi is terrible, plant conditions allow it to develop rapidly, a car fire from the side is supplied with water without equipment. here, nowhere, of course, must be done. fire barriers in belgorod for the first time presented tchaikovsky's opera evgeny onegin premiere at the moscow theater far away. he the opera was held as part of the festival, belgorod in bloom on the cathedral square of the city, which was turned into an auditorium for thousands of seats, it turned out that it was also the first open-air opera show in the history of belgorod, the event was held with the support of the head of the region vyacheslav gladkov metalinvest company thanks to the

i was a teenager— gorbachev was crucial. i was a teenager in— gorbachev was crucial. rememberthe 40 _ teenager in those days, but i do rememberthe 40 year- teenager in those days, but i do remember the 40 year paradesi teenager in those days, but i do . remember the 40 year parades and festivities— remember the 40 year parades and festivities in— remember the 40 year parades and festivities in east— remember the 40 year parades and festivities in east berlin— remember the 40 year parades and festivities in east berlin in- festivities in east berlin in october— festivities in east berlin in october 1989, _ festivities in east berlin in october 1989, and - festivities in east berlin in october 1989, and he - festivities in east berlin in october 1989, and he wasj festivities in east berlin in- october1989, and he was there and october 1989, and he was there and did speeches — october 1989, and he was there and did speeches and _ october 1989, and he was there and did speeches and then _ october 1989, and he was there and did speeches and then allegedly - october 1989, a

gorbachev, and the point is that putin— gorbachev, and the point is that putin despised... because he actually thought that was the moment in which the huge _ thought that was the moment in which the huge ussr became the smaller country— the huge ussr became the smaller country and there was no love lost between _ country and there was no love lost between them because gorbachev was increasingly critical of what putin was doing. in fact, talking about peace _ was doing. in fact, talking about peace negotiations in ukraine, so nothing _ peace negotiations in ukraine, so nothing more precious in the world and human— nothing more precious in the world and human lives. i think it's very difficult — and human lives. i think it's very difficult because there will be so many— difficult because there will be so many people standing on the side of ukraine _ many people standing on the side of ukraine. just imagining how it would feel if— ukraine. just imagining how it would feel if parts of britain were being taken _ feel if parts of britain were being taken away from us bit by bit

gorbachev, i hope that when putin invaded ukraine, gorbachev might have been beyond understanding. if they told him what had happened, he wouldn't have been able to understand. that would have been a comfort. that would have spared him the news that would otherwise have been disastrous news as he understands things. >> thank you so much for your expertise and for sharing all that with us. we sure do appreciate it. >> thanks. my pleasure. >>> did the tennis world just witness the great serena williams' final performance? last night's defeat at the u.s. open may have been her last match. we'll have a live report from new york. that's next. and so much more. like netflix on usus! and benefits that add up to more than $225 in value eachch month. welcome to my digestive system. it's pretty calm in here with align probiotic. you see... your gut has good and badacteria. and when you get off balance, you mafeel it. the bloating, the gas - but align helps me trust my gut again. plus, its recommended by doctors nearly 2x more than any other probiotic brand. just one a day naturally helps pro

there are people who came to gorbachev to thank him, to say, "thank you, mr gorbachev. chance, and we lost this chance." the end of an era. we hear that phrase so often, don't we? its meaning has almost been diluted. but the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history, a rare period when russia was opening up to the world, when people here where being given freedoms and when east and west pledged to live together, in peace. mikhail gorbachev had played a key role in ending the cold war, working with america to slash nuclear arsenals. but under vladimir putin the east west confrontation is back. president putin did not attend the funeral today. "he was too busy," said the kremlin. and there were few foreign dignitaries. hungary's leader, viktor orban, the only western leader here —a sign of russia's international isolation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. joining me now to discuss how young russians feel about the former soviet leader is 21 year—old anya yeshina who is originally from moscow but currently lives in berlin. tha

and, and, and culture, or at least how putin viewed gorbachev. gorbachev was a critic of the ukraine wall. he supported the annexation of crimea. it's reported that the 2 hadn't spoken in, in many, many years. i mean, how did putin view gorbachev that up let since 2006, i understand a person probably viewed. gorbachev was somebody who presided over the breaker. so a union, he called it the grids geopolitical disaster of the 20th century. and i think that his view of overture would be, or someone who pose certain dangerous to him because of the policies of freedom and democracy that he ended up aspiring. so i'm pretty sure that he had only contempt for gorbachev and that he is doing the minimum possible to day to pay tribute to someone who has been seen as a great one figure car has been really great. talk to you many thanks. indeed for being with us co cleary there in dublin rushes energy giant gas prom says that it will not resume gas deliveries through the north stream. one pipeline to germany. after a 3 day shut down, the company says that an oil leak was detected and that repairs

and the la tributes are being paid to hell. gorbachev. the last leader of the soviet union who died on tuesday at the age of 91. many western leaders are praising gorbachev for his role in ending the cold war. russian president vladimir putin held him as an extraordinary global statesman. but the general reaction in russia has been muted. many their blame. gorbachev for the country's loss status as a global superpower. in here in germany many including chancellor, all our sholtes have praised gorbachev for helping topple the berlin wall and re unified the country. cielo lazarus, who he is considered one of the fathers of german reunification, shall go to the store using the importance of michelle gorbachev for germany emerged clearly from the words of chancellor or left shots and moved to go the former. he was a courageous, our former and a statesman. go dead to do many things and mister guessing we will not forget that perestroika made it possible you must hurt us to try to establish a fully walk glossy in russia. the encounter and adapt