The Cold War Didn’t Have to End. Gorbachev Made It Happen

Curiosity Stream on Instagram: "What happens when you challenge the most powerful man in Russia? In 2003, Vladimir Putin sent a chilling message to the country's business elite. He had Mikhail Khodorkovsky, at the time Russia's richest man and a vocal critic, arrested and thrown in jail on charges of fraud and tax evasion. While officially a legal matter, the move was widely seen as politically motivated—a way to punish Khodorkovsky for his political ambitions and to seize control of his oil com