Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

A portrait of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, is hanged on the wall during his memorial service at the Column Hall of the House of Unions in Moscow, Russia September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool

Thousands of Russians bid farewell to last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

Putin denies Gorbachev a state funeral and will stay away

Putin denies Gorbachev a state funeral and will stay away

Photo Caption: Mikhail Gorbachev with US President Ronald Reagan in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: Reuters

The rise and decline of Mikhail Gorbachev

Helmut Kohl (L) toasts with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (R) and former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (C) in this November 1990 file photo. REUTERS/Staff/Files/File Photo

Kremlin: Gorbachev changed history, but romanticism about the West was not justified

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks and signs documents endorsing Finland's and Sweden's accession to NATO, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, U.S., August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Biden calls Gorbachev 'rare leader' who made world safer

FILE PHOTO: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev holds flowers after the Russian premiere of the documentary film "Meeting Gorbachev" in Moscow, Russia November 8, 2018. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

Gorbachev on Gorbachev: the last Soviet leader in his own words

Global reactions to the death of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

Global reactions to the death of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

FILE PHOTO: Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks at a meeting in Moscow Russia May 23, 2005. REUTERS

Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended Cold War and won Nobel prize, dies aged 91

FILE PHOTO: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses the audience after the Russian premiere of the documentary film "Meeting Gorbachev" in Moscow, Russia November 8, 2018. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, to mark 90th birthday on Zoom as Putin lauds him

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Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving miracle