Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is dead.
Newsonline reports that Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a central role in ending the Cold War is dead.
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This online newspaper understands that Mikhail Gorbachev died at the age of 91 and Russian media reported his death.
His risky decision to liberalize Soviet society, confront its past and engage Western leaders arguably took the world from the brink of nuclear conflict.
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