A true man of peace’: what the papers say about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev

‘A true man of peace’: what the papers say about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev
The Guardian
1 hour ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/31/a-true-man-of-peace-what-the-papers-say-about-the-death-of-mikhail-gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev: Former Soviet leader has died
Sky News
7 hours ago
https://news.sky.com/story/mikhail-gorbachev-former-soviet-leader-has-died-reports-12685639

Tributes for Mikhail Gorbachev pour in after death of former Soviet leader – as it happened
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/aug/30/mikhail-gorbachev-former-soviet-leader-dies-moscow-live

Botswana and Saudi diplomats meet with Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan
Victoria, Seychelles | August 30, 2022, Tuesday @ 15:54 in National » DIPLOMACY | By: Rita Joubert-Lawen | Views: 1037
http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/17319/Botswana+and+Saudi+diplomats+meet+with+Seychelles+President+Wavel+Ramkalawan

Comment- We could be very misinformed and dates and facts have changed - as far as we know the TRNUC mandate ends midnight 31/8/22.

It is very relevant that those concern and affected about the above. The Saudi Arabia government, system and institution utterly opposed the Communist, USSR< the COMECON and Warsaw Pact, affiliated nations. Those who supported and financed the covert operations to change Seychelles One Party political system, and the region. It would seem that the diplomacy were much happier funding coverts operations and the USA high officials involvements/management and even if nothing is achieved or attained, What they battled to portray, impress the world, the press /media benchmark and what they got up to until 1986, when that SIROP program was concepted and those in then Saudi Arabia, their commitment's to support and fund, implement the SIROP program because what it meant in terms of global energy need/requirements for the future global economic constellations forecasted, estimated the next 15 years. The new Regional Power politics. They would not have to spend vast fortunes to protect themselves, and national defence/budget constraints against soviet aggressive/dynamic politic in the region and and attempts to destabilize the Saudi Kingdom and politic. In return the Saudi contributions in the Seychelles Phase three development - since and today. All those in then Europe who knew, very aware, understood the thinking. - That SIROP program in turn dynamics, synergy and leveraging some of the Saudi major Developments national wise and in other regional nations Development involvements. The NEOM thematic.

With Namibia, then 1986 South West Africa, the German and South African apartheid politics and economy. Again the Seychelles issues some have been address in the TRNU*C. That SIROP program associated dynamics, synergy and politics played a very important if not crucial part/role in the decolonizing and independence process of South West Africa, those who know the inside issues and unpublish thematic. The process continued until the Mandela government enters the theatre. Again the untold and unpublish ideas and economic projects that were floated, proposed and by the Western countries, the linking issues with South Africa and Seychelles, economy, big finance wise then Dr Mario Giovani Ricci, issues, role and knowledge what did really happen. The UN and world bank knew of the issues, some of the OAU then leading politicians Alive.

We read and hear of Moutia heritage and UNESCOs involvement in the issue. What we have addressed are far more important than our Moutia African cultural heritage educating the future generation abut the values of Moutia. Yet nobody want to learn or teach, wish to write about them, take part in the debacle. One of the challenges of government, politicians if they have not known and played a role in a given relevant or important issues, have not benefitted and given due credit, they like sweeping them under the carpet or they use blindfold.

A polite note to the TRNUC and subsequent following body. That SIROP program was build upon, inspired by very high spiritual and moral values, values about mankind functionality not just Biblical time, beyond, history. In contemporary as children the values of La Fontaine fables, our ancestral leading literatures among them Alexandre Dumas and British literatures, other world leading/renown. We had been in the process of writing our thoughts about this last paragraph and the new over Salzburg Radio of President Gorbachev death, time 6 am British time. The unwritten and unpublish important world very relevant issues, between then President Gorbachev, then USSR, Intelligence, the Party and that SIROP program conception and his passing away as the Seychelles TRNUC mandate ends. For those who study and understand great world event, high interdisciplinary politic and diplomacy - this is not coincidence, a President FA Rene and Sir James Mancham would have concluded - along with the very many great world persons who took part and contributed to the SIROP program. The Russian Nations have lost one of their greatest political personality. The world, the EU institutions and the UN refusal to support and assist that SIROP plaint before the TRNUC, the benchmark of the TRNUC towards that SIROP plaint means helping, can help avert a third world war. We had been pondering and asking what important global, world event would underscore, mark the end of the TRNUC mandate. However dislike those have for the SIROP program plaint thematic - if this historic world event do not /cannot alert their person and those supporting the process nothing much can and will.

DIRECT. Mort de Mikhaïl Gorbatchev : Joe Biden salue un "leader rare" ayant permis "un monde plus sûr"
franceinfo
Il y a 30 minutes
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/russie/direct-mort-de-mikhail-gorbatchev-joe-biden-salue-un-leader-rare-ayant-permis-un-monde-plus-sur_5334967.html

L'ancien président soviétique Mikhaïl Gorbatchev est mort • FRANCE 24
FRANCE 24
Il y a 4 heures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVykiNMdjjo

Invité Afrique - Disparition de Gorbatchev: «La fin du monde bipolaire a permis une ouverture politique en Afrique»
RFI
Il y a 1 heure
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/invit%C3%A9-afrique/20220831-disparition-de-gorbatchev-la-fin-du-monde-bipolaire-a-permis-une-ouverture-politique-en-afrique

Mort de Mikhaïl Gorbatchev : Emmanuel Macron salue un "homme de paix dont les choix ont ouvert un chemin de liberté aux Russes"
franceinfo
Il y a 6 heures
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/russie/russie-mikhail-gorbatchev-dernier-president-de-l-urss-est-mort-a-l-age-de-91-ans-annonce-un-hopital-dependant-de-la-presidence-russe_5334403.html

Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, dernier dirigeant de l'URSS, est mort à l'âge de 91 ans
Europe 1
Il y a 1 heure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzqTqTuNqwE

1931–2022: Michail Gorbatschow ist tot - news
ORF.at
Vor 8 Stunden
https://orf.at/stories/3283226/

Schwere Nierenkrankeit - Friedensnobelpreisträger Gorbatschow ist gestorben | krone.at
Kronen Zeitung
Vor 8 Stunden
https://www.krone.at/2795657

Tod von Michail Gorbatschow - Putin wünscht Beileid, Biden lobt Gorbatschow
Wiener Zeitung
Vor 38 Minuten
https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/welt/2159958-Putin-wuenscht-Beileid-Biden-lobt-Gorbatschow.html



Friedensnobelpreisträger Michail Gorbatschow ist tot
VOL.AT
Vor 5 Stunden
https://www.vol.at/friedensnobelpreistraeger-michail-gorbatschow-ist-tot/7606963

Mikhail Gorbachev had 'huge impact on course of world history', Vladimir Putin says in tribute
Sky News
1 hour ago
https://news.sky.com/story/mikhail-gorbachev-had-huge-impact-on-course-of-world-history-vladimir-putin-says-in-tribute-12685919

Tributes for Mikhail Gorbachev pour in after death of former Soviet leader – as it happened
The Guardian
7 hours ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/aug/30/mikhail-gorbachev-former-soviet-leader-dies-moscow-live

Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev: dies aged 91 - BBC News
BBC News
3 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ccbg2NmnI

Gorbachev deserves praise — but he may have also stored up trouble for Russia and Ukraine
The Independent
3 hours ago
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mikhail-gorbachev-death-vladimir-putin-ukraine-b2156504.html



Opinion | Gorbachev played a complicated but unique role in world history
The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/30/sharansky-gorbachev-death/

Gorbachev will be laid to rest at the weekend, but no state funeral for former leader, says Russian media
The funeral will take place on Saturday
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mikhail-gorbachev-state-funeral-putin-russian-media-b2156395.html

Funeral of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to take place on Saturday -media reports
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/funeral-last-soviet-leader-mikhail-gorbachev-take-place-saturday-media-reports-2022-08-31/

Vladimir Putin will not attend Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral due to 'work schedule', Kremlin says
Mr Gorbachev was a strong critic of the Russian president and said corruption had reached "colossal proportions" under his leadership.
https://news.sky.com/story/vladimir-putin-will-not-attend-mikhail-gorbachevs-funeral-due-to-work-schedule-kremlin-says-12686818

Seychelles’ President sends condolences to Russia on death of former President Gorbachev
Victoria, Seychelles | August 31, 2022, Wednesday @ 18:06 in National » DIPLOMACY | By: Rassin Vannier | Views: 999
http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/17326/Seychelles+President+sends+condolences+to+Russia+on+death+of+former+President+Gorbachev


Death of former and last President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev |01 September 2022
https://www.nation.sc/articles/14873/death-of-former-and-last-president-of-the-soviet-union-mikhail-gorbachev

Czech politicians react to death of Mikhail Gorbachev
Several Czech politicians have paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the former leader of the Soviet Union, since Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday that that he had died.
https://english.radio.cz/czech-politicians-react-death-mikhail-gorbachev-8760150

Historian: Gorbachev was of “fundamental importance to the development of Czechoslovakia”
https://english.radio.cz/historian-gorbachev-was-fundamental-importance-development-czechoslovakia-8760202

World leaders mourn death of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
CNN Expansion Hong Kong July 2020 795169, Jessie Yeung
By Jessie Yeung and Lianne Kolirin, CNN
Updated 1457 GMT (2257 HKT) August 31, 2022
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/31/europe/mikhail-gorbachev-death-global-reactions-intl-hnk/index.html

Mikhail Gorbachev: How has Europe reacted to the death of the Soviet Union's last leader? Access to the comments
By Joshua Askew • Updated: 31/08/2022 - 18:57
https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/31/mikhail-gorbachev-how-has-europe-reacted-to-the-death-of-the-soviet-unions-last-leader

The Brief — Russian rift in Europe
https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/the-brief-russian-rift-in-europe/

3 MILLION SOVIET JEWS OWE HIM THEIR FREEDOM'
Jewish groups mourn Gorbachev as man who freed Soviet Jewry
Former Soviet president remembered as a humanitarian for allowing Jews to practice their religion freely and emigrate, which they did en masse — much to his disappointment
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-leaders-groups-mourn-mikhail-gorbachev-the-man-who-freed-soviet-jewry/

Sharansky: Gorbachev wouldn’t have released Soviet Jews if not for global pressure
Former prisoner of Zion praises late Soviet leader for freeing Jewish prisoners but says his policy was driven by the cost to the Soviet Union, not sympathy
By JEREMY SHARON
31 August 2022, 4:02 pm
https://www.timesofisrael.com/sharansky-gorbachev-wouldnt-have-released-soviet-jews-if-not-for-global-pressure/

So, how did Jews fare under Mikhail Gorbachev anyway?
Despite perestroika and glasnost, the former Soviet president had a mixed record concerning the Jewish people
https://forward.com/culture/516132/mikhail-gorbachev-jews-obituary-glasnost-perestroika-podrabanik-kagarlitsky/

Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union: Chronology of Events: 1727 - 1 January 1992
https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a865c.html

The Truth of Gorbachev and Soviet Jews Isn't What You Think
https://www.newsweek.com/truth-gorbachev-soviet-jews-isnt-what-you-think-opinion-1739016

Pope expresses condolences upon death of Mikhail Gorbachev https://www.vaticannews.va › pope › news › pope-fran...
2 days ago — Pope Francis sends his condolences to the family of Mikhail Gorbachev following the last president of the Soviet Union's death at the age of 91.
Missing: statement ‎| Must include: statement
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-08/pope-francis-condolences-death-mikhail-gorbachev-soviet-union.html

Pope Francis expresses his condolences over Gorbachev's ...https://tass.com › world
VATICAN, August 31. /TASS/. Pope Francis expressed his condolences over the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only Soviet president.
https://tass.com/world/1500697


Pope praises Gorbachev's commitment to harmony, fraternity ...https://www.osvnews.com › Articles
19 hours ago — VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis offered his prayers and praise for former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who died at age 91 Aug.
https://www.osvnews.com/2022/09/01/pope-praises-gorbachevs-commitment-to-harmony-fraternity-progress/

Pope Francis praises Gorbachev as far-sighted statesman https://www.reuters.com › world › pope-francis-praises-g...
2 days ago — Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday aged 91, travelled to the Vatican in December, 1989, to hold a historic meeting with Pope John Paul II. That ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-francis-praises-gorbachev-far-sighted-statesman-2022-08-31/

Mikhail Gorbachev, reformer who opened door to faith in ...https://aleteia.org › 2022/08/31 › mikhail-gorbachev-re...
2 days ago — Gorbachev, who had been baptized in secret as a child but never admitted to being a Christian, died Tuesday in Moscow at the age of 91. His ...
https://aleteia.org/2022/08/31/mikhail-gorbachev-reformer-who-opened-door-to-faith-in-ussr-dies-at-91/


Mikhail Gorbachev, St. John Paul appreciated each other https://www.ucanews.com › News
2 days ago — After St. John Paul died in 2005, Gorbachev called him "the No. 1 humanist on the planet." Gorbachev, 91, was general secretary of the Communist ...
https://www.ucanews.com/news/mikhail-gorbachev-st-john-paul-appreciated-each-other/98598

Mikhail Gorbachev: Mourners queue to pay respects to last Soviet leader
By Steve Rosenberg in Moscow &
Paulin Kola, London
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62776796

LIVE: Russians bid farewell to the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGFDE6mEQ3A

Guerre en Ukraine EN DIRECT : La cérémonie d'adieu à Mikhaïl Gorbatchev a commencé à Moscou...
https://www.20minutes.fr/monde/3345671-20220903-guerre-ukraine-direct-russie-fait-adieux-mikhail-gorbatchev-vladimir-poutine


Russia buries Gorbachev and his legacy of glasnost
By Mary Ilyushina
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/03/gorbachev-funeral-soviet-russia/

Livestream aus Moskau
Gorbatschow wird beerdigt – Orbán kündigt Teilnahme an
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/id_100047850/live-gorbatschow-wird-beerdigt-orban-kuendigt-teilnahme-an.html

Tausende nehmen Abschied von Gorbatschow
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/gorbatschow-trauerfeier-101.html

Putin skips Gorbachev funeral due to 'full schedule' | DW News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_GGi729NII

Russie : funérailles de Gorbatchev, sans lustre et sans Poutine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BudIQQ42E_0


Einziger EU-Staatschef - Orban bei Gorbatschow-Trauerfeier in Moskau | krone.at
Kronen Zeitung
Vor 17 Minuten
https://www.krone.at/2798439

Die Tragödie von Michail Gorbatschow
03. September 2022 Anatol Lieven
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Die-Tragoedie-von-Michail-Gorbatschow-7251933.html