Mikhail Gorbachev admits he is a Christian

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Gorbachev Dispels 'Closet Christian' Rumors; Says He is Atheist

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080324/31660_Gorbachev_Dispels_%5C'Closet_Christian%5C'_Rumors%3B_Says_He_is_Atheist.htm

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev made clear this past weekend that he is an atheist after European news agencies last week claimed that he had confirmed his Christian faith during a visit to the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy.

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"Over the last few days some media have been disseminating fantasies – I can't use any other word – about my secret Catholicism, citing my visit to the Sacro Convento friary, where the remains of St. Francis of Assisi lie," Gorbachev said, according to an Interfax article posted Friday.

"To sum up and avoid any misunderstandings, let me say that I have been and remain an atheist,” he stated.

Anyway, in the post-glasnost era he never disavowed his Communism, and Communism generally doesn't
go hand-in-hand with Christianity.

So the Christian Post article sounds like the one to believe.

He had to be a closet Christian during the Commie era--he'd have been overthrown and sent to Siberia in a coup had he admitted to being a Catholic back then.....

He was baptized Orthodox and raised that way.