Alexander Yakovlev, who advised Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on glasnost and perestroika, was buried this week. After the Soviet Union collapsed he devoted himself to documenting Soviet repression.

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Yegor Yakovlev was a revolutionary editor during Russian perestroika, turning what had been a propaganda sheet into the symbol of glasnost. Between 1986 and 1991 he dared to print what nobody in ...

Russian airframer Irkut has formally changed its corporate name to Yakovlev, following approval of the decision at a general meeting of shareholders. The company, part of the United Aircraft aerospace ...