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The Globalist

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31 August 2022

Episode 2873

60 minutes

Ukrainian troops escalate the counteroffensive in Kherson. Plus: political paralysis grips Iraq, a flick through today’s papers and a look at a new Ellsworth Kelly exhibition in Austin, Texas.

31 August 2022

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Chapter 1

The life of Mikhail Gorbachev

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, has died at the age of 91. Andrew Mueller looks back on the life of the man who took down the Iron Curtain.

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