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31/08/2022 04:06 GMT : Mikhail Gorbachev: Former Soviet leader dies

Mikhail Gorbachev: Former Soviet leader dies

BBC World Service - Newsday, Mikhail Gorbachev: Former Soviet leader dies

Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union from which modern Russia emerged

Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union from which modern Russia emerged and is best known for opening up the USSR to the world

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died, at the age of ninety one. Hospital staff said he had been battling a serious and long illness.

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