Russians on Saturday paid their final respects to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, in a ceremony held in Moscow without much fanfare and with President Vladimir Putin notably absent.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday mourned the death of former Soviet Union President Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, who died at the age of 91 on Tuesday after a long illness.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow aged 91, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.
The momentous era of ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was often defined by buzzwords and slogans.
A Soviet reformer, Mikhail Gorbachev continued to innovate after leaving the Kremlin — as the first leader in Russia’s modern history to play a public role in his years after power.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union who played a major role in ending the Cold War, died in Moscow on Tuesday aged 91.
Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the demise of the Soviet Union and was one of the great figures of the 20th century, has died in Moscow aged 91.
Russia’s population declined by more than one million people in 2021, the statistics agency Rosstat reported Friday, a historic drop not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The United States grew “arrogant and self-confident” after the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading to the expansion of the NATO military alliance, former leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Friday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet
Union spelled the end of “historical Russia,” revealing he drove a
taxi to make ends meet following the USSR’s fall.
