Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev who died last Tuesday was hardly known outside the Soviet Union when JR Jayewardene made himself Sri Lanka’s President in 1978. Seven years later, on March 11, 1985, Gorbachev would be become the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. He was 54 years old and was the first leader of the […]
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“As we gratefully remember his far-sighted commitment to concord and fraternity amongst peoples, as well as to the progress of his own country at a time of important changes, I raise prayers of suffrage, invoking eternal peace for his soul from the good and merciful God,” Pope Francis wrote in his telegram of condolence to the daughter of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.
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The former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev will not receive a full state funeral and Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be in attendance the Kremlin confirmed.