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As the West reveres Gorbachev, some in former Soviet states revile a ‘butcher’

NEW YORK – Many in the former states of the Soviet Union that experienced the brute force of the military during the empire’s twilight have expressed a darker view of Mikhail Gorbachev after his death. The news media in Azerbaijan, for example, referred to him on Wednesday as the “butcher of the Azerbaijani people” or… Continue reading As the West reveres Gorbachev, some in former Soviet states revile a ‘butcher’