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Dr Jennifer Mathers

Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University. She studied Russian politics, history and security, and has a PhD in International Relations.

Aberystwyth, UK.

Dr Jennifer Mathers

How Gorbachev’s fragile legacy of free speech has been destroyed by Putin

Russia

How Gorbachev’s fragile legacy of free speech has been destroyed by Putin

— Glasnost was hailed as one of Mikhail Gorbachev’s great achievements. But it was a fragile freedom and soon overturned by Vladimir Putin.

By Dr Jennifer Mathers Sep 12, 2022

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