- The political legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet head of state, who died on Tuesday, is still fiercely discussed in present-day Russia.
- Borders were agreed on, full sovereignty was returned to the German state, and security issues were clarified, including Germany’s NATO membership, the reduction of Germany’s armed forces from around half a million in West Germany (FRG) alone to 370,000 in united Germany, and the withdrawal of the Soviet army from then East Germany (GDR).
- The breakthrough moment came in talks with Kohl in Moscow on February 10, 1990: “We had Gorbachev’s go-ahead for the Two Plus Four process and, above all, his green light for resolving the domestic German aspects of reunification,” Kohl put it in his diary.
Russia and German reunification: Opposing views on Mikhail Gorbachev’s legacy 31.08.2022
