Mikhail Gorbachev, Last Soviet Leader and Architect of Glasnost And Perestroika, Dies at 91

 

Daily Mail: Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91: Final leader of the Soviet Union who helped end the Cold War and bring down the Iron Curtain but then saw his own superpower crumble dies in hospital 

* Mikhail Gorbachev - the last leader of the Soviet Union - has died in a Moscow hospital aged 91 

* Gorbachev helped bring the Cold War to an end and failed to prevent the collapse of the USSR 

* Under his rule, the Iron Curtain which had divided Europe since the Second World War disintegrated 

* He became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1985 committed to reforming the system 

* But many Russians never forgave Gorbachev for the turmoil his liberalising reforms unleashed 

Mikhail Gorbachev - the last leader of the USSR whose failure to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union after the Cold War is despised by Russian nationalists including Vladimir Putin - has died at the age of 91, Russian news agencies cited hospital officials as saying. 

The Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow said that the former Soviet leader died 'after a serious and long illness' but gave no other details, according to the Interfax, TASS and RIA Novosti news agencies. 

Gorbachev had been suffering from long term kidney problems and was on dialysis - and had been confined to a clinic during the Covid pandemic.  

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WNU Editor: Wow! We now live in a very different world from the time when he was President of the Soviet Union. 

He introduced Glasnost And Perestroika. And for that I am forever grateful. 

Mikhail Gorbachev, Last Soviet Leader and Architect of Glasnost And Perestroika, Dies at 91  

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Born under Stalin, young Gorbachev survived famine and saw his grandfathers sent to the gulags – but rose through the Communist ranks to become a reforming titan of 20th Century politics -- Daily Mail  

Putin expresses condolences on death of Gorbachev -- RT  

Putin offers deepest condolences over Gorbachev’s death — Kremlin -- TASS  

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