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Gorbachev on Obama
thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 10/23/2009
Gorbachev on Obama
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Barack Obama did in fact deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, former prize winner and Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev said in an exclusive interview with Radio Free Europe. "I won it unexpectedly and he won it unexpectedly," Gorby told the U.S. government-funded outlet based in Prague. ...
rferl.org - 10/23/2009
Interview: Gorbachev Criticizes Russia's Ruling United Russia Party
— rferl.org — In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL's Russia Service, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized the pro-Kremlin United... Russia party, which he blamed for fraud in regional elections earlier this month. Widespread allegations of serious ... (more) Interview: Gorbachev Criticizes Russia's Ruling United ...

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thenation.com - 10/31/2009
Gorbachev on 1989
— thenation.com — Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen In anticipation of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of... the Berlin Wall, the former Soviet president offers a wide-ranging interview to The Nation. (more) Gorbachev on 1989

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Ben Smith's Blog:  Gorby: He deserved it

Matthew Yglesias:  Obama’s Nobel Prize Reconsidered

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Gorby: He deserved it
Ben Smith's Blog — ... praise himself. "America means a lot," Gorbachev said. "That's why we have to support a president of such stature who gave his own country and the world such a strong push forward. And it's already showing real results. That's honorable." "You can complain about other things, but that is deserved," said Gorbachev of Obama's Nobel. "He'll now be reponble for following the path along which the Nobel Committee pushed him." (via The Cable)

Obama’s Nobel Prize Reconsidered
Matthew Yglesias — It seems Mikhail Gorbachev thinks Barack Obama deserved his Nobel Prize. I was in Denmark when the winner was announced, so I knew all about this back when Americans were asleep. And I can confirm that the general reaction among Danish government officials and visiting American environmental journalists alike was that this was a pretty silly idea. But in semi-defense of the Nobel Committee I will say that if you completely ignore recent precedent and instead focus on the text handed down in Alfred Nobel’s will, there’s a strong case that Obama ...

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