Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died of illness at the age of 91. Before his death, he was still committed to Russia to talk to the West to reconcile

Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died of illness on the evening of August 30, local time at the age of 91. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said that Russian President Putin had a deep condolences to Gorbachev's death and will send a electricity to his relatives and friends on the morning of the 31st.

According to the Russian News Agency, the Russian Central Clinical Hospital released on the 30th: "Mikhail Gorbachev died tonight after a long period of serious illness." Tas News Agency reported that Gorbachev will be about to Buried in the cemetery of the New Virgin Cemetery in Moscow and was buried next to his wife Lisa.

Gorbachev was born on March 2, 1931, and since March 1985 as the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. From May 1989 to March 1990, he served as the top Soviet Chairman of the Soviet Union. After March 1990, the first and last president of the Soviet Union was the last president. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, Gorbachev was mainly engaged in social and literary activities.

According to the BBC, UN Secretary -General Gutres expressed condolences to Gorbachev's death, saying it "changed the historical process." Gutres wrote on Twitter that Gorbachev was a "unique politician": "The world has lost an outstanding global leader, firm polymer and unremitting peace advocate. "

The European Commission Chairman Feng Delin also expressed condolences to Gorbachev's death. She believes that Gorbachev is an authoritative and respected leader. He played a decisive role in ending the Cold War and pushing down the iron curtain, and opened a way for a free Europe.

Other European leaders including British Prime Minister Johnson and French President Macron expressed condolences to Gorbachev's death and praised his historical achievements at the end of the Cold War and European peace. For example, a crowd of American media, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, is even more beautiful. The Washington Post discovers Columbus in the New World in the Americas. I encountered great affairs, but I didn't know how to go. "

▲ Gorbachev and his wife Lisa.

This may also prove that the "Guardian" columnist Puyte Sol said, "Until the last moment of life, Gorbachev lived in a double reality: in Washington, Paris, and London, people love and praise and praise He; but in Moscow, a large number of Russians attack him, these people will never forgive the turmoil caused by his reform. "

Sol said that those who were full of collective nostalgia and the dream of the Empire thought Gorbachev destroyed their country (the Soviet Union). The contemporary Russians also held more negative evaluations of Gorbachev. According to the "Russian Business Consultation Daily" report, a poll of the Russian Public Opinion Research Center in December 2021 shows that all Soviet political activists are Gorbachev, the biggest of all Soviet political activists. It reached 20%, which is much higher than Stalin and Khrushchev (11%). Russian political scientist Macarkin believes that despite Gorbachev's political reforms, he looks weak in the eyes of many Russians, and Russians like to have strong leaders in history and not forgive weaknesses. Gorbachev himself also said that "the Tsar must act like a Tsar, but I don't know what to do."

The Guardian said that Gorbachev and Putin have always maintained complex relationships. This may be a little clueful from the famous judgments of Putin: "The disintegration of the Soviet Union is the largest geopolitical disaster in the 20th century." However, at the time of Gorbachev's 90th birthday last March, Peskov publicly stated on behalf of the Kremlin, "Gorbachev is part of history and national development. We respect him very much." On the anniversary of the anniversary of Putin, Putin would definitely congratulate him.

Until the age of 90, Gorbachev still kept voice on the media and insisted on dialogue with the West and reconciled with the West. On June 16, 2021, Russian and American leaders met in Geneva to discuss strategic stability issues. Gorbachev welcomed this. He believed that Russian -US relations were a key factor in world peace and stability. On July 31 of the same year, when he signed the 30th anniversary of the Treaty of the Strategic Weapon with Old Bush, Gorbachev once again called on Russia and the United States to reduce the level of nuclear weapons to reach an agreement, and said that the nuclear war was unacceptable.

The remarks supporting Russia and the United States and nuclear control have become Gorbachev's last words about Russia's reconciliation. Since then, it has been reported that he was wasolated due to the new crown epidemic in October last year, and his condition worsened this summer until his death.

In the past six months, the upgrade of Russia and Ukraine's conflict has completely changed the trajectory of Russia's Western dialogue in the second half of last year. The dangerous remarks of nuclear wars have risen in Russia and the West, and each other's hatred has reached its peak. In this context, Russia, Russia, The evaluation of Gorbachev with the West will also be more polarized.

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Author: Liu Chang

Edit: Shen Qinhan

Editor in charge: Song Yan

Photo: Satellite News Agency

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