Moscow- The last president of the USSR and father of ‘perestroika’, Mikhail Gorbachev, died today in Moscow at the age of 91.
This afternoon after a long and serious illness he passed away. Mikhail Gorbachev“, sources from the Central Clinical Hospital told the RIA Nóvosti agency.
According to the TASS agency, Gorbachev will be buried in the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow, where the remains of prominent figures in the history of this country lie, as well as the tomb of Gorbachev’s wife, Raísa.
Gorbachev had been living away from the media spotlight for years due to health problems.
The local media came to affirm that he spent months hospitalized for a host of conditions.
In 2019, the last Soviet leader was admitted for pneumonia.
