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Gorbachev says health improving, can walk again The Soviet Union's last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has been battling diabetes, said his health is improving and that he can walk again with the help of a stick.

02 October 2015

Gorbachev hospitalised, 'determined to fight for life' Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, 83, has been hospitalised but is determined to fight for his life.

10 October 2014

Nazarbayev speaks of Perestroika and Chinese reforms During Samruk Kazyna Transformation Forum president of Kazakhstan has spoken about the defficiencies of Gorbachev's Perestroika and the successes of Chinese reforms.

07 October 2014

Tributes from friends and foes after last Soviet FM dies Former Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze, who helped end the Cold War as the Soviet Union's last foreign minister, died Monday aged 86, with tributes pouring in from friends and foes.

08 July 2014

Nazarbayev and Gorbachev to be awarded for closing Semipalatinsk testing site Nursultan Nazarbayev and Mikhail Gorbachev will be awarded for closing Semipalatinsk testing site prior to the 20th anniversary of the event.

11 November 2011