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Reagan and the Mythology of Reykjavik
Among other things, Santorum invoked the spirit of Reykjavik: In a reference to Reagan’s 1986 summit meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in which their nuclear treaty talks fell apart ...
The New York Times14d
Suzanne Massie, ‘Reagan’s Window on the Soviet Union,’ Dies at 94
She was there to attend the former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev's funeral.Credit...Anna Aleksashina, via Massie family Before Mr. Reagan’s first meeting with the Soviet leader the prior ...
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France says it will send representative to Gorbachev funeral
PARIS, August 31. /TASS/. France plans to send a representative to the funeral of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, French government spokesman Olivier Veran said on Wednesday. "We only ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency19d
Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader whose reforms included letting Jews leave for Israel, dies at 91
Gorbachev was a hero in Israel, where a potato was named for him and where he said he regretted the antisemitism that led to an exodus of Soviet Jews. (JTA) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet ...