Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born on 2 March 1931 in the southern Russian province of Stravropol Krai. Born to peasant ...

It was Ms. Massie who taught Mr. Reagan the Russian proverb “Doveryai no proveryai” (“Trust but verify”), which he uttered to Mr. Gorbachev when they met in Reykjavik, Iceland, in October ...

In one discussion in 1986 — weeks before a summit between Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev — she brought up the rhyming Russian adage, “Doveryai no proveryai,” or “Trust but ...

A high school Democratic leader shares thoughts on why his conservative counterparts have embraced Donald Trump's extreme rhetoric and isolationism.

He confronts a governing class that has abandoned the values America and the Continent share.

The Kremlin is planning to erode US support for Ukraine by using propaganda about the threat of ‘nuclear winter’ to instil ...

President Trump’s blueprints to build a space-based missile defense shield could help him push for cuts in atomic weapons arsenals with Russia and other nuclear powers.

He and U.S. President Ronald Reagan joined in successful disarmament talks, and Gorbachev’s policies of perestroika (reconstruction) and glasnost (openness) introduced unprecedented freedoms of ...

When Mikhail Gorbachev became the Soviet leader and started reforms in his nation, Reagan found someone he could work with, Gates said. “He had a sense of the historic moment to know when it was ...

1985-1988 – Participates in a series of summit talks with US President Ronald Reagan. 1987 – Signs ... March 2, 2011 – On his 80th birthday, Gorbachev is awarded Russia’s highest honor ...