THEY TALK SPECIAL: MIKHAIL GORBACHEV - The last leader of the USSR and Vladimir Putin's Russia
This week we have a guest post by Tapani from They Talk YouTube Channel . Please make sure you go and like and subscribe to their channel and watch the video related to this post! Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union died at the age of 91, on 30th August 2022. He was a highly respected statesman abroad but not so much in his own country, Russia. His relationship with President Putin was especially cold. What did Gorbachev think about Vladimir Putin’s Russia? Our focus here isn’t the last days of the USSR or Mr Gorbachev's life story. We are concentrating on his take on how Russia is today and its current leader Mr Putin. Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Putin (Credit: Turun Sanomat ) HIS LEGACY After the news about the passing of Mikhail Gorbachev the world has once again remembered, and praised, the part that he played in ending the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West. In 1990, Gorbachev was given the Nobel Peace Prize “for the leading role he played