Gorbachev’s Russia is Long Gone
Gorbachev attends the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 2017.
Photographer: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty ImagesFeted abroad and despised at home in practically equal measure, Mikhail Gorbachev left a complex legacy as the last leader of the Soviet Union.
His death last night, aged 91, prompted no declaration of national mourning from the Kremlin, which couldn’t even say whether Gorbachev will receive a state funeral. State TV reported Gorbachev’s demise well down its news schedules.