epaselect epa10156413 A man puts
flowers near the coffin with the body of the late former Soviet
president Mikhail Gorbachev, during farewell ceremony at the
Hall of Columns of the House of Trade Unions in Moscow, Russia,
03 September 2022. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died
on 30 August 2022 at the age of 91 in Moscow Central Clinical
Hospital. Gorbachev initiated numerous reforms during his
tenure. He signed a nuclear arms treaty with the United States
and withdrew the Soviet Union from the Soviet-Afghan war. His
policies created freedom of speech and press, and decentralized
fiscal policy planning and execution to increase efficiency.
Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, overseeing
Russia transition from one party rule to a fragile democracy.
Gorbachev will be buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow
next to the grave of his wife Raisa. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
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