Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and mastermind behind perestroika, died today in Moscow at the age of 91.
“This afternoon, after a long and serious illness, he passed away. Mikhail Gorbachev”, sources in the Central Clinical Hospital told the agency. RIA News.
According to the TASS agency, Gorbachev will be buried in the cemetery. Novodevichy Moscow, where the ashes of prominent figures in the history of the country rest, and the grave of his wife Raisa was also found.
Gorbachev He lived away from media attention for many years due to health issues. Local media confirmed that he spent several months in the hospital due to a variety of illnesses.
Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91 | Font: AFP
Recent health condition
In 2019, the last Soviet leader in a Moscow hospital due to pneumonia. “My health condition requires me to stay in the hospital”the politician then told the news agency. Moscow.
Agency conversation RIA NewsGorbachev clarified that he was hospitalized with pneumonia, but assured that is already recovering.
“They (doctors) say, and I also agree with this, what we managed to catch in time (disease) and so I was able to overcome it,” said the father of perestroika.
In May of that year, while celebrating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, Gorbachev made his first public appearance. in a wheelchair.
Control
Gorbachevcame to power in 1985, launched a series of political and economic reforms with the idea of modernization and democratization Soviet Unionfaced with major crises.
Supporter of the policy of rapprochement with the West, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1990.
Between 1990 and 1991, he served as president of the Soviet Union before being forced to resign on December 25, 1991, which led to the collapse of the USSR.
(According to EFE and AFP)
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