Day: March 8, 2026

When Gorbachev himself is in the crosshairs

At the end of the Soviet era in Leningrad, Alexander Shmonov attempted to assassinate the first and only president in the history of the USSR. On 7 November 1990, the evening edition of the television programme Vremya broadcast a sensational report from TASS.‘During a festive demonstration on Red Square near GUM, shots were fired. According