Not even buried at the Kremlin wall. Which, considering the company there, is a win for him as far as I’m concerned.
I hope Gorbachev has left instructions in his will that he’d prefer not to be buried in the Kremlin wall (as opposed to Putin, who’s no doubt included full architectural plans for a new mausoleum in his will).
Like other sado-populist leaders, one who serves as an aspirational model for the minor bullying arseholes who make up his base.
He also comes off to me as a reckless gambler, a chancer who wagers with other human lives (often with the cowed re-assurances of toadies and sycophants). This goes hand-in-hand with the other characteristics you describe: when he gets caught out he just shrugs, gives a sh*t-eating grin or a wink, and says"so, what are you gonna do about it?" That might not work so well with a failed invasion as it does with assassinating political opponents, though.
