Mikhail Gorbachev - The New Russia

Chechnya

see also Dudaev; Grozny; Zavgaev

‘Chekist methods’

Chelyabinsk

chemical weapons

Chemical Weapons Convention (1993)

Cheney, Dick

Cherkizov, Andrey

Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich

Chernobyl disaster (1986)

Chernomyrdin, Viktor Stepanovich

Chernyaev, Anatoly

Chiang Kai-shek

Chicago

Chiesa, Giulietto

Chile

China

dire environmental pollution in many cities

economic power

fight against poverty and backwardness

mudslides

political importance

see also Beijing; Chiang; Chou; Deng; Hu; Jiang; Kuomintang; Qian; Shanghai; Sun; Taiwan; Xinhua; Zhao

Chirac, Jacques

Chou En-Lai ix

Chowdhury, Anwarul

Chubais, Anatoly

Churchill, Winston

Churov, Vladimir

Chuvashia

CIA (US Central Intelligence Agency)

Cinema House

CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)

establishing: dubious legality of

motive behind

far-reaching consequences for

future of

MG’s commitment ensured peaceful and orderly transition to

no effective institutions capable of controlling economic and political situation

nuclear weapons inherited from Soviet Union

organizing as ‘multi-structural community’

reforms in

Yeltsin, Belarus and Ukraine leaders collude to replace USSR with

Civil Dialogue Forum

civil rights

respected

systematic re-establishment of control over

civil society

active

attacking

building of

coalition with democratic forces of

development of

inhibited

emergence of

establishing

foundation of

global

mature

mobilization of

norms that ensure basic changes in values, actions and attitudes of

politicians ignoring the demands and warnings of

protecting and cultivating the rudiments of

rights of

violation of

role in the struggle against environmental threats

safeguarding the normal operation of

strong, vibrant

climate change

global

threat of

see also global warming;Intergovernmental Panel

Clinton, Bill

Clinton, Hillary

CNN (Cable News Network)

Cold War

division of the world more dangerous than

legacy of

military concepts and doctrines inherited from

overcoming of

Putin practically accused of restarting

scenario very reminiscent of

strategy to move beyond

supposed ‘winning’ of

victory claimed in

Cold War (end of)

burying a philosophy born after

joint efforts

many Americans’ lives changed

MG’s speech at UN

new security procedures for Europe

New Thinking and

opportunities that arose with

processes gaining momentum/ speeded up from

shared victory

Collected Works (MG)

Cologne

Colorado

see also Denver

Comintern

see also Socialist International

Communist League

see also Komsomol

Communist Party of the Russian Federation

choosing not to reject the legacy of Stalinism

see also CPSU

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki 1975)

Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR

First (1989)

free elections to

Congress of People’s Deputies of the RSFSR/Russian Federation

Constitutional Commission

decree annulling the powers of

privatization of state property within the competence of

Seventh (1992)

Congress of Voters of Russia

Connecticut

Constitutional Convention

Constitutional Court

decisions and workings of

MG’s open letter to

Press Service

threat to have MG brought in handcuffs to

Yeltsin and

Coordinating Council

Copenhagen

UN Climate Change Conference (2009)

corporatization

corruption

chains leading to the top

combating see fight against corruption

democracy and

dismantling the established system

economy based on

extraordinary levels of

flagrant instances recently exposed

government that encourages

large-scale

legal irregularities

need to defeat

Primakov’s intention of taking decisive action against

public expected to see an end to toleration of

rampant

realization that public accountability will destroy

rooted in the regime

Russia’s greatest bane is

sharp rise in

spread to law-enforcement agencies

state crippled by

urgent measures to reduce levels of

Council of Europe

coup (August 1991)

account of MG’s efforts to save the Soviet Union in aftermath

approved

‘charges’ against and attacks on MG in connection with

collapse of state institutions

dropping of criminal proceedings against organizers of

Duma’s decision to amnesty all involved in

first anniversary of

loss of social cohesion after

Party institutions who supported or directly participated in

Soviet Union damaged/destroyed by

Yeltsin’s role in thwarting

CPSU (Communist Party of the Soviet Union)

Central Committee

Congresses

dictatorship of

financial issues

monopoly of power

need for change in the role of

Perestroika seen as radical change from policy of

radicals

reactionaries

reform of

remarkable social democratization of ideology and policies of

shaking off the fetters of

United Russia a shadow/mediocre imitation of

worst bureaucratic features of

see also Trial of the CPSU

Crimea

Criminal Code

criminality

growth of

oligarchic capitalism with a tinge of

rampant

training ground for, and hotbed of

well-supported syndicates

Croatia

Cuba

Cucurnia, Fiammetta

Czech Republic

admission to EU

Obama against deploying anti-ballistic missile systems in

Czechoslovakia

Dagestan

Dalai Lama

Dallas (School Book Depository)

Dangman, Peter

Davos

Dayton Agreement (1995)

De Gaulle, Gen. Charles

De Klerk, F. W.

Deidesheim

democracy

act that would put an end to

amazing triumph of

Arab world and

authorities taking too long to introduce

building

essential institutions of

Chinese leader emotionally inclined to

concept being emasculated

corruption and

country with inadequate experience of

damage to prospects of

decried

devalued gains already made by

developing

dire consequences for

disillusionment with

distressed

effective to reform without the aid of

essential features of

fate of

firm steps on the road of

future of

Gorbachev Foundation immensely important for

imposing

incursions against

intelligentsia and

learning to fight for democracy while practising

managed

mature

MG inclined to from an early age

momentum towards

move away from

moves towards

multilateral efforts to promote the values of

narrowed

new setback for the growth of

nothing automatically safeguarding it from defeat

nurturing

oligarch groups all in favour of curtailing

one of the great achievements of

people have not turned their back on

personification of victory over totalitarianism

political moves and scenarios very remote from

politics increasingly becoming a simulation of

polls show that people want

poverty inseparable from issues of