Gorbachev reflects on course of modern Russia

You might think 20 years after the demise of the Soviet Union the then-leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, would surely be relegated to the cast of political "has beens". But even without an active political role, he remains a firm fixture of Russian social life. Increasingly critical of Putin's ruling style he has often advised him to step down.

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