Russian President Vladimir Putin today paid tribute to the late Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who, in his own words, “had a great influence on world history”.
“Mikhail Gorbachev is a politician and statesman who had a great influence on the evolution of world history,” Putin said in a condolence telegram issued by the Kremlin. Said.
“He has guided our country through a time fraught with complex and dramatic changes and great challenges in economic and social foreign policy,” he said.
“He deeply understood that reforms were necessary, tried to offer his own solutions to our pressing problems.”
Gorbachev remained in power from 1985 to 1991. During his tenure, he triggered the end of the Soviet Union.
Putin, who once called the Soviet collapse the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the 20th century, spent much of his more than 20-year rule trying to reverse some parts of Gorbachev’s legacy.
source: Noticias
