Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday. When the Soviet Union ended in 1991, a spate of American businesses entered Russia. In 1997, while an economic transition was ...

Following Tuesday’s news that Mikhail Gorbachev has died at age 91, social media revived a Pizza Hut commercial from 1998 with the former Soviet Union leader dining out at the American chain in Moscow ...

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 ...

(NewsNation) — An iconic and controversial 1998 Pizza Hut advertisement was certainly a big win for Pizza Hut and its effort to bring global attention to its brand. But perhaps even more so, the Pizza ...

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 ...

Every so often, an old Pizza Hut ad gets recirculated online, usually accompanied by incredulity and a keen sentiment of what the fuck. This time is no different: Mikhail Gorbachev — yes, that ...

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 ...