Last leader of USSR Gorbachev passes away
By CHANG JUN in San Francisco, CHEN YINGQUN in Beijing,CHEN YINGQUN and REN QI in Moscow |
China Daily |
Updated: 2022-09-01 00:00
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the then Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, the hospital where he was undergoing treatment in Moscow said on Tuesday.
The Central Clinical Hospital, where Gorbachev had been admitted earlier for treatment, confirmed his death in a statement, saying that he died Tuesday evening after a long, serious illness.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily briefing in Beijing on Wednesday that Gorbachev had made positive contributions to the normalization of Sino-Soviet relations.
