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In 1997, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev appeared in a Pizza Hut television advert filmed in Moscow with his granddaughter, an unusual move for a once-powerful Cold War figure. The commercial shows diners arguing over his legacy, with some blaming him for economic chaos and others praising him for freedom and reform, before uniting over the fact that his policies even brought Pizza Hut to Russia. It quickly became famous as a symbol of post-Soviet Russia’s sudden exposure to Western consumer culture and the contradictions of Gorbachev’s rule. Gorbachev later said he agreed to the advert mainly to raise money for his foundation, not as an endorsement of capitalism.

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