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Gorbachev -- the greatest democrat Russia ever had
News, Nina L. Khrushcheva, Published on 05/09/2022
» 'We all need to have perestroika," Mikhail Gorbachev would often say. The Soviet Union's last leader lived by that credo. After becoming the general secretary of the Communist Party in 1985 and implementing his programme of restructuring and glasnost ("openness"), he even changed his job title, preferring to be called president.
Kazakhstan and the price of Russia's empire
News, Nina L Khrushcheva, Published on 10/01/2022
» Paratroopers from Russia's elite Spetsnaz brigade, the shock troops of the Russian military, have arrived in Kazakhstan to suppress violent, nationwide protests against the country's Kremlin-friendly regime. The action comes at a time when Russian troops are already massed near Ukraine's border, and just 15 months after a Russian rifle brigade intervened to end the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. Is President Vladimir Putin really attempting to rebuild the Russian Empire?
Covid-19 Forces Levi to Accelerate Its Consumer Strategy Shift
Business, Nina Trentmann, Published on 04/08/2020
» Levi Strauss & Co. has long aimed to reduce its reliance on retailers and sell more directly to consumers. When the coronavirus pandemic struck, it had to do that a lot faster than it had planned.