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Sep 02, 2022
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Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91, is uniquely criticised both for selling out socialism and for trying to preserve it – depending on which side of the political spectrum you are on. Vladimir Putin and his propagandists of course blame Gorbachev for being starstruck by Western values. Putin made a brief appearance at…

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