In Putin’s Russia, Last Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Leaves Behind a Divisive Legacy

In 1998, as Russia was affected by the monetary hardships that got here with its rocky transition to a market economic system after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the final Soviet chief Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a Pizza Hut business.

In the advert, an elder Russian complains that Mr. Gorbachev’s reforms helped unleash chaos and political instability, whereas a youthful Russian responds that they gave Russia freedom and new alternatives. The advert concludes that everybody can at the very least agree that pizza brings folks collectively.