that is being destroyed by the invasion of ukraine, renewed east west tension and by the kremlin s crackdown on its opponents. some here believe that today s problems are gorbachev s fault. he failed to stop the fall of the ussr, victor says, that was a huge mistake. marina says, i respected him. to me, he was hope and freedom. his supporters hope that one day russians will come to see that mikhail gorbachev was a force for good for their country and for the world. in a break with tradition, queen elizabeth will officially appoint the new british prime minister at the balmoral estate in scotland, where she s been taking her summer break. boris johnson s successor will be announced on monday.
of democratic ideas and the attractiveness of the ideas of human rights and rule of law to quite a few people in russia. apparently there are many people in this country for whom these values are irrelevant. as for gorbachev s legacy, that is being destroyed by the invasion of ukraine, renewed east west tension and by the kremlin s crackdown on its opponents. some here believe that today s problems are gorbachev s fault. he failed to stop the fall of the ussr, victor says, that was a huge mistake. but marina says, i respected him. to me, he was hope and freedom. his supporters hope that one day russians will come to see that mikhail gorbachev was a force for good for their country and for the world.