#Gorbachev, the hero’s failure

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The physical disappearance of Gorbachev, one of the most decisive statesmen of the 20th century and arguably one of the most beneficial contributors to ending the Cold War and overcoming the bipolarity between the blocs, compels us to pay him a heartfelt tribute from Russia . In addition to his valuable positive action that closed a black stage in the world after the Second World War, we have benefited from his work as well as the betrayal of Putin and his entourage, and it gives us the opportunity to value. To subjugate the Russian people and their European and Asian hinterland once again and to prevent any détente based on the recognition of Russia. End of storyFukuyama is extremely naive, based on the abolition of authoritarian regimes and ideals and the decisive victory of liberal democracy, universal suffrage and rigorous respect for human rights laws.

Gorbachev became general secretary of the CPSU in 1985, when the Leninist prescriptions utterly failed in the face of the wealth of the thriving Western world, to which the enslaved citizens of communist heaven sought to escape. Since his coming to power, he tried to open and reform the old structures of the single-party period. Some of the terms used in these operations were exported to the West and logically praised for their willingness to break with the old anachronisms that had made the Soviet Union a dangerous and out-of-control monster. it was time glasnost (transparency, liberalization, openness) and above all perestroika (reconstruction) – initiatives approved at the XXVII Congress of the CPSU in early 1986 – and the more mundane Shevarnadze, a Georgian peripheral who accompanied Gorbachev on his idealistic political trips, replacing the sinister Gromyko, who had been the USSR Foreign Minister for twenty-five years. That year, dissident Sakharov was released, and Gorbachev himself brought the news to him.

The following years were decisive for the future of world geopolitics. In November 1989, the Berlin Wall, representing the removal of the iron curtain and the liberation of Eastern Europe, was torn down; Filled with symbolism, this landmark was Gorbachev’s personal decision, as Steinmeier, then president of the German Federal Republic, acknowledged in writing and in an emotional letter of gratitude. Months ago, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation for his efforts to promote international cooperation and remove barriers to understanding between countries. The international community was aware of the singularity of the moment. John Paul II received Gorbachev in December 1989 (it was the first time in history that a communist leader of the USSR officially went to the Vatican), and in 1990, to be honest, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1991, despite the affirmative vote of the people of the USSR for the continuation of this Union, it was de facto dissolved when the Russian Federation and others left the ballot box; There was a coup attempt in August, and in the end Gorbachev resigned from his post, and in December 1991 the USSR was dissolved. On July 1, 1991, the Warsaw Pact was officially dissolved, allowing former satellite countries to choose your destination. .

Gorbachev tells the history of his country that he not only allowed the collapse of the Russian empire, but also failed to negotiate (he was promised, due to seriousness, and in fact the agreement was not fulfilled) that NATO would not extend to the East. Instead, in the West, Gorbachev died as a hero who saved the world from the dangerous cold war.

While these historical events were taking place, Vladimir Putin, a KGB agent, was spying for Moscow in East Germany. Sometime later, he would become an anachronistic emulator of Peter the Great and bury the remnants of Gorbachev’s legacy. If the West had acted with more vision and generosity, perhaps this setback would not have gone so far—until the Ukraine war.

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