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Gorbachev: ‘Russia Did Not Want This Crisis’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2008 Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has weighed in again about the recent bloody battles between Russia and Georgia, this time insisting in a New York Times Op-Ed piece that Russia was "dragged into the fray by the recklessness of the Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili" and "did not need a little victorious war." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gorbachev: ‘Signs of a Cold War Are Present’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2008 Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev appeared on "Larry King Live" Thursday to give his read on the Georgia-Russia conflict, asserting that Georgia was definitively the first to attack, in "a barbaric assault" on Tskhinvali, and that "there was support and protection" for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili from elsewhere in the world Updated . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Georgia and Russia Get Their War On

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2008 Georgia bombed separatists in the country's South Ossetia region Tuesday evening, killing 25; Russia rolled an estimated 150 tanks into Georgia in retaliation, ostensibly to defend the region's high Russian immigrant population. Georgia pleads its case as a "freedom-loving" nation to garner U.S. support; any semblance of logic retreats. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Boris Yeltsin Dead at 76

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2007 The Kremlin released word on Monday of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin's death, apparently of heart failure. Yeltsin leaves behind a complex legacy. He was instrumental in Russia's transformation from Soviet state to democracy, but, as Mikhail Gorbachev noted, Yeltsin also made some "serious errors." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )