Mikhail Gorbachev
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said that Russia has only "imitations" of a parliament and judicial system. Mr. Gorbachev criticized Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his protege, President Dmitry Medvedev, for saying that they will decide between them who should run for president in Russia's March 2012 presidential vote. (Associated Press)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left) and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet at the Gorki presidential residence on Wednesday. Mr. Gorbachev has been awarded with Russia's highest honor on his 80th birthday. Mr. Gorbachev recently has become increasingly critical of Russia's current rulers, saying they have taken the country back to the Soviet ways. The painting in the background depicts Russian Emperor Peter the Great. (Associated Press)
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President Reagan is flanked by West German Parliament President Philipp Jenninger (left) and Chancellor Helmut Kohl at West Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, where he said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" (Associated Press)
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A detail of a bronze cast of the Moscow Kremlin, given to President Ronald Reagan by Mikhail Gorbachev following Reagan's visit to the Soviet Union in 1988, is seen at the National Archives, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, during a press preview of rarely displayed original documents and artifacts in recognition of the Ronald Reagan Centennial. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
