Mikhail Gorbachev , Dead At 91 .<br />CNN reports that , Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at the age of 91.<br />Gorbachev, who died following <br />a long illness, was the last leader of <br />the former Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991.<br />Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev <br />died this evening after a severe <br />and prolonged illness, Mikhail Gorbachev, Central Clinical Hospital, via RIA Novosti.<br />Gorbachev was credited with introducing key political and economic reforms in the USSR. .<br />He also helped to end the Cold War.<br />Throughout his career, the outgoing, <br />charismatic leader strove <br />to pass significant reforms.<br />Throughout his career, the outgoing, <br />charismatic leader strove <br />to pass significant reforms.<br />I began these reforms and my guiding <br />stars were freedom and democracy, <br />without bloodshed. So the people would <br />cease to be a herd led by a shepherd. <br />They would become citizens, Mikhail Gorbachev, 2019 interview, via CNN.<br />I began these reforms and my guiding <br />stars were freedom and democracy, <br />without bloodshed. So the people would <br />cease to be a herd led by a shepherd. <br />They would become citizens, Mikhail Gorbachev, 2019 interview, via CNN.<br />In a CNN interview in 2019, Gorbachev stressed the importance of the United States and Russia , avoiding a “New Cold War.”.<br />This might turn out to be a hot war <br />that could mean the destruction of our <br />entire civilization. This must not be allowed, Mikhail Gorbachev, 2019 interview, via CNN.<br />This might turn out to be a hot war <br />that could mean the destruction of our <br />entire civilization. This must not be allowed, Mikhail Gorbachev, 2019 interview, via CNN.<br />When asked about the end of the 1987 treaty <br />he signed with Reagan, Gorbachev expressed <br />hope for arms control agreements to be revived.<br />When asked about the end of the 1987 treaty <br />he signed with Reagan, Gorbachev expressed <br />hope for arms control agreements to be revived.<br />All the agreements that are there <br />are preserved and not destroyed. <br />But these are the first steps towards <br />destruction of [that which] must <br />not be destroyed in any case, Mikhail Gorbachev, 2019 interview, via CNN
