Tom Darbyshire, right, poses with former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the filming of a Pizza Hut commercial in Moscow. Tom Darbyshire In 1997, Tom Darbyshire made the pitch. He had the ...

The commercial only aired internationally, as Gorbachev was, and still is, a controversial figure in Russia, with some lamenting the fall of the Soviet Union under his watch and others praising his ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Call it a slice of life. The television commercial that Mikhail Gorbachev did for Pizza Hut 25 years ago might be seen as a 60-second gloss of his career, both cheerful and glum. In the ...

Moscow — Call it a slice of life. The television commercial that Mikhail Gorbachev did for Pizza Hut 25 years ago might be seen as a 60-second gloss of his career, both cheerful and glum. In the 1997 ...

A Pizza Hut commercial starring Mikhail Gorbachev resurfaced on Twitter following news of the former Soviet Union leader's death on Tuesday. Gorbachev, 91, died following a long illness, according to ...