Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died aged 91, Russia media report. Mr Gorbachev, who became Soviet leader in 1985, is best known for opening up the USSR and for his rapprochement with the West, but he saw his country collapse in 1991.

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