Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who is also widely believed to be responsible for the ending of the cold war. has died in Moscow aged 91, Russian news agencies reported.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow aged 91, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.
Mr Gorbachev, who was in power between 1985 and 1991 and helped bring US-Soviet relations out of a deep freeze, was the last surviving Cold War leader.Mikhail Gorbachev signed a landmark treaty to eliminate intermediate-range missiles with the then US president Ronald Reagan.
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