Europe

Mikhail Gorbachev: tributes pour in for ‘one-of-a kind’ Soviet leader

Gushing praise from western officials, but Russian reaction death is much cooler

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the coffin of former US president Ronald Reagan in Washington in 2004. Gorbachev has died in Moscow aged 91. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the coffin of former US president Ronald Reagan in Washington in 2004. Gorbachev has died in Moscow aged 91. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times
Martin Farrer
Wed Aug 31 2022 - 08:21

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