RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev has decorated Mikhail Gorbachev with the highest state honour in a rare recognition for the last Soviet leader, who is often ignored at home. Mr Medvedev opened his suburban Moscow residence to Mr Gorbachev on his 80th birthday, exchanging jokes with the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner and awarding him a tsarist-era medal that now serves as Russia’s…
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RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev has decorated Mikhail Gorbachev with the highest state honour in a rare recognition for the last Soviet leader, who is often ignored at home. Mr Medvedev opened his suburban Moscow residence to Mr Gorbachev on his 80th birthday, exchanging jokes with the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner and awarding him a tsarist-era medal that now serves as Russia’s…
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