Russian President Vladimir Putin expresses deep condolences on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the first and last President of the USSR. Dmitry Peskov, the head of the Russian President's press service, announced this. "In the morning, he will send a telegram of condolence to his relatives and friends," Peskov said. Mikhail Gorbachev died on August 30 at the age of 92. As noted in the central clinical hospital, the statesman died "after a severe and prolonged illness". US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also expressed their condolences on Gorbachev's death.Russian President Vladimir Putin expresses deep condolences on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the first and later President of the USSR. Dmitry Peskov, the head of the Russian President's press service, announced this. "In the morning, he will send a telegram of condolence to his relatives and friends," Peskov said. Mikhail Gorbachev died on August 30 at the age of 92.
As noted in the central clinical hospital, the statesman died "after a severe and prolonged illness."
US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also expressed their condolences on Gorbachev's death.
