USSR

Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91

Aug 30, 2022 | 4:20pm

Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died at 91. The Central Clinical Hospital said in a statement that Gorbachev died Tuesday after a long illness. No other […]