Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev has died. As TASS and Interfax reported from Moscow late Tuesday night, Gorbachev died at the age of 91.
According to information, Mikhail Gorbachev died in hospital on Tuesday. This is reported by the Russian news agency Tass, referring to the central clinic in Moscow, where Gorbachev was recently. “Michail Sergeevich Gorbachev passed away tonight after a long and serious illness,” the statement said. The hospital is the main medical facility of the Russian presidential administration. He reportedly suffered from kidney disease.
Gorbachev was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. In 1990 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Source: Krone
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