This is reported by several media on Tuesday evening, including Reuters. – Mikhail Gorbachev died this evening after being seriously ill for a long time, writes the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital in a statement on Tuesday evening. The announcement from what is considered to be the best hospital in Russia has been reproduced by several media, including the Russian news agency Tass. The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, died after a long illness, and was 91 years old, Russian news agencies report. Russian President Vladimir Putin offers his deepest condolences after Gorbachev’s death. He does so through his spokesman in the Kremlin on Tuesday evening, reports Reuters. Ending the Cold War Gorbachev is known, among other things, as the political leader who dissolved the Soviet Union, thereby helping to end the Cold War. POPULAR ABROAD: Mikhail Gorbachev with his wife Raisa in Paris 1989. He became very popular in the West because he was a completely new type of Soviet leader, much younger and more dynamic than his predecessors. And more conciliatory towards the rest of the world. Photo: Laurent Rebours / AP The communist Soviet Union was established by the Bolsheviks on December 30, 1922 and therefore dissolved on December 26, 1991. Gorbachev tried to create a more open and democratic Soviet Union, but with his perestroika and glasnost (restructuring and openness) unleashed forces that did not allow himself to be stopped. It ended with the union collapsing and him having to relinquish power. After he stepped down, Gorbachev kept a low political profile. He made an attempt at a political comeback in the Russian presidential election in 1996. He received only 0.5 percent of the vote. In the 2000s, Gorbachev has distinguished himself as a critic of Vladimir Putin and US foreign policy. He also engaged in consulting activities. Nobel Peace Prize The year before, 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. – He had enormous importance in ending the Cold War, says Nupi researcher and Russia expert Julie Wilhelmsen to NTB. TIME IS RUNNING OUT: President Mikhail Gorbachev looks at his watch before delivering his farewell speech in the Kremlin on December 25. Photo: Liu Heung Shing / AP – His personal desire to use the power he brought to disarm, and to take the first step himself, before the United States and then President Ronald Reagan would respond, was absolutely decisive, she believes. – One can often wonder how important a person can be in world politics, but in this particular case I am convinced that his vision was incredibly important, says Wilhelmsen.
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