BREAKING: Former Soviet Union Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Dies At 91



Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, according to Russian news agencies. Gorbachev was credited as an important figure in starting a series of events that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War. NBC News’ Keir Simmons reports.  

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  1. Stalin was partiot but he was anti-partiot. He was Georgian.He wasn't Russian. Gorbachev screw Russia and Russians.He harmed Russians .In my opinion he was wellpaided agent of the West . Dark heridage of this man.Raisa Gorbachev was Ukrainian (Ukrainian ethnicity and his adviser advisor She get his to destroy/ decompose the Soviet Union and Homeless Russian kind in the 90s (children on Niemcov and Jelcyn). Czernobyl act of sabotage this ma Anatolij Diatłow. Diatłow He to dis on purpose. Gorbachev USA Poland Italy France Japan Kanada Czechs attacked Russia 1918-22 Siberian intervention. The bolsheviks won . USA imposed santions on Russia. Europe was connected with USA. American crisis 1929-33 destroyed German economy but isolated Russia was resistant/immune. Germany will be weak without Russia.This man/Gorbachev in negative historical character. He left mess.Putin are trying to clean up this Gorbachev's mess

    USA armed and financed Third Reich against Russia . Gorbachev is negative person in Russian history. He weakened this country. today we have domination only one military agressive block called NATO (Serbia Iraq, Afganistan, Libya,Korea, Vietnam, Laos Cambodia, arabian spring, colorful revolution, delivering the weapon to support fratricidal wars) Gorbachev weakened and humilated Russia.White Russia is weaker.Multinational Soviet Russia was strong. Russia needs immigrants and scientist form postsoviet countires, Russian minorities immigrants from KRLD, China, India, China, Laos Vietnam Cambodia, Syria, Thailand, Iran, Iraq, Russia need hyperloops sild road, Russia needs modern weapon unmanned tanks, drones UAV revolution, modern satelites, S-800, S-1000, S-1200, anti-aircraft weapon, anti-tank sysem Arena M, kornet, shilka, Rtuć, Russia is endangered. Wehrmacht's soldiers made photo of burned deastoyed soviet sanks.Wehrmacht destroyed many soviet soldiers tanks military cars and Russians but Russia won. Ukraine is new Third Reich for Russians new rival like USA.Ukrainian offensive Western wunderwaffe new battle of .Battle of New Luk kurski 2.0 . March on Rome 1922 aka maidan 2013/14, Western Ukrainians and Belarusians greeted Wehrmacht in 1941 destroying statues on Lenin and Stalin, aka Leninopad, many Western Ukrainians and Belarussians served in Wehrmacht (Himmler's decision) ,They They suppressed revold in Warsaw in 1944 and protected adolf' bunker in Berlin. They killed poles in Wolyn in 1943 by saws, pitchforks, axes, shovels, knives for pigs , .Russia is strong.Decomposition destrucrion of EU . Natalia wowk and her companion murdered beautiful young innocent Daria Dugina to celebrate 24.08.2022. Russia needs Russian Mossad to eliminate terrorists abroad who killed Russian civilians. Europe sold Russia military lumber and old cars, armoured carriers between 2001 and 2018. Cesja syberia na rzecz chin w zamian Rosja pomoże w pokonaniu Tajwanu który sle broń na Ukraine. Ukraina i Tajwan to sojusznicy antyrosja i antychiny pionki Roosja i Chiny stworzą militarną federacją najpierw najemnicy i odsprzedanie ros.sprzetu poten dostawy tunelami nowoczesnej broni i 20000000 żołnierzy z Chin militarny sojusz lub rusochiny współny podzial arktyki sojusz Chiny-Rosja-Mongolia-KRLD-Iran-Armeny-Syria-Kazakhstan 100 tys żołnierzy wieżniowie bezdomni z Rosji na front ich wcielą wojna potrwa do 2035 lub 2041 lub 2049 Putin za pół roku oglosi wojne i zaciąg 5mln zolnierzy teraz 150 tys walczy z 1.5 mln Ukrainców lub zrzuci atom na 10 miast gł Odessę lub Kijów. 1922-1991 time of Soviet Union was time of Peace . If Kazakhstan and Mongolia will try to join nATO or AUKUS this countries will be nuked by endangered Russia and China..

  2. If he was there at the capture of Berlin in 1945, he would have given it away so cheaply !

  3. He tried to recreate his country.
    RIP

  4. Putin destroyed what he acclimated to the ground.

  5. he was important to the west,in russia he was a traitor/trash

  6. Rest in piece to this legend with Balls of Steal.

  7. Gorbachev is a very great leader. He ends the Cold War between the East and the West for a long time and is the creator who created the new world.

    In the world, the Cold War state would still continue when there was not him.

  8. Good riddance !
    Now the Russians and Ukrainians are paying for their lives !

  9. The world lost a good man one who embraced freedom for Humanity

  10. Gorbachev changed Russia for the better, but then Putin came and took the country back to where it was and would take it right back to how it was in the time of Stalin tomorrow if he had the chance.

  11. Der Kommunismus hat nie aufgehört sondern nur ein modernes Gewand bekommen . Alle Infos dazu in der schweizer Express Zeitung https://youtu.be/gkgFjOPy9d0 Gorbatschow , ein Mann der den Kommunismus voran getrieben hat . Perestroika und Gasnost bedeuten nicht Abschaffung des Kommunismus sondern Umformung . Fast alle sind auf Gorbatschow reingefallen . Leute aufwachen .

  12. the fiery gehenna has met its hero

  13. My condolendes
    His failed dream of democratic soviet union

  14. no matter how the situation looks like right now, absolutely nobody can deny thaz this man was the main pillar of freedom.

  15. Man, this news REALLY hit me! I was born in 1981 and raised in The Bronx, New York. One of my earliest memories was hearing 2 names in the adult world, Reagan and Gorbachev. The Cold War paranoia was very much en vouge throughout the mid to late 80's. My public school even did air raid drills like my parent's generation. I recall the windows were covered by these heavy, greenish-grey pull down curtains from the 40's that let zero light into the rooms. Our teachers, trying their best not to show fear, would tell us students to sit in the hallways, away from any windows. These drills seemed normal to this 80's elementary school kid. Now knowing that this leader helped to ensure my sister and 2 brothers wouldn't grow up in that type of world does my heart good. Dosvedanya, comrade.

  16. RIP Gorbachev showed the country the path to freedom, but misanthropic Putin chose fascism

  17. Once a communist, always a communist. The best red, is a dead red. Your "country" murdered 10s of millions of Christians and Russians and other peoples where ever your ideology spread. Good riddance.

  18. A truly great man. He didn't need to sit at a ridiculous long table or to ride around topless on a horse believing it would impress people; he gave freedom to millions of people who had lived imprisoned by their leaders who could only defend their political idealism by building walls and using barbed wire.
    By the way, I will never understand why we in the West think that his name is pronounced "Gorbachev". It is pronounced "Gorbachov", The "ё" at the end of his name has nothing to do with an "e" in the Latin alphabet – it is a cyrillic letter which is pronounced something like "yor", i.e. "Gorbach<yor>v".

  19. Russia didn't deserve Gorbatchov. He gave the World a feeling of peace and hope for the future. And look at Russia now. What a disaster. It's time for opening all borders and " come together and get rid of wars and fighting for land or precious for personal abuse.

  20. He earned the Nobel Peace Prize… That's an accomplishment that exemplifies his character and benevolence… RIP Gorbachev

  21. Давно пора уже. Тьфу, блядь.

  22. oh well… there goes the last leader

    no more soviet union leaders left

  23. Condolences to the family.

  24. He was one of the good guys. Rest in peace, Gorbi.

  25. ☝🏽👽"Blessed are the peacmakers, for they shall see God"!
    ☝🏽👽He worked hard for world peace!🌏
    He was an angel, God's angel.
    A Hıstorıc person!
    Legendary person!
    Rest ın peace, Sovıet leader!

  26. Ich bin froh, dass ich damals in Krypto eingestiegen bin, weil es für mich finanziell ein Wendepunkt war und bisher meine beste Entscheidung war

  27. He was a filthy communist.

  28. This was a man of peace

  29. Dam bro, so sad. prayers for his soul, what a man fr

  30. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall see God . . . a fond farewell to you; thanks for your heroic actions, Mr. G.

  31. So long comrade. You tried but they wouldn't listen..

  32. Incomparable man long live Gorbachev

  33. This guy was in my earliest memories. "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

  34. CONFIRMED. Mikhail Gorbachev is killed. Being against the war, he was required to hang himself as per Putin FSB request. When hang dying, several organs were taken from her body as per Putin torture request.

  35. CONFIRMED. Mikhail Gorbachev is dead. Being against the war, he was required to hang himself as per Putin FSB request. When hang dying, several organs were taken from her body as per Putin torture request.