The former leader and architect of the first steps of modern Russia has died in a hospital at the age of 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and the architect of the first steps of modern Russia, died Tuesday at the age of 91 in a hospital in Moscow. The former leader has died after a long illness, the Central Clinical Hospital reports, the agency Interfax reports.
Gorbachev led the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, first as head of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Supreme Soviet and later as president. His career culminated in 1991 when he resigned after the dissolution agreement signed with Belarus and Ukraine, already with the Iron Curtain in retreat.
Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1990 symbolizes the end of an era for the once mighty Soviet Union and his legacy remains uneasy in certain sectors, in such a way that his image is not as revered as that of other leaders associated with times of greatness. .
The current president, Vladimir Putin, has nevertheless recognized him as one of the most important statesmen in world history, but the truth is that in recent years he has remained in a discreet political background. There is no official statement about the current war in Ukraine.
Gorbachev, in March 2021, on his 90th birthday, pushed for his defense of Perestroika, the reformist policy that opened the doors to what is now Russia. He regarded this initiative as his greatest political achievement. “I am fully convinced that it was necessary and that we went in the right direction,” he said at the time in an interview with the TASS agency, recalling a phase when “the people were given freedom” and “a system of totalitarian”.
Source: La Verdad
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