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Global tributes paid to Mikhail Gorbachev BY DAVID SAFFER
PARASHAT SHOFETIM SHABBAT: BEGINS ENDS London 19:31 20:31 Manchester 19:41 20:46 Leeds 19:36 20:47 Liverpool 19:41 20:52 Bournemouth 19:32 20:40 Antwerp 20:08 21:16 Birmingham 19:35 20:45 Gateshead 19:38 20:51
World leaders have paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet Union leader, who passed away on Tuesday. Gorbachev, 91, took power in 1985 and led reforms that saw the dissolution of the USSR and end to the Cold War in 1991. A leading statesman of his time, he had been treated for a ‘serious and prolonged’ illness at Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. Official news agency Tass reported that Gorbachev will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife, Raira, who died in 1999. It has not been announced if he will receive a state funeral. Opinions on Gorbachev’s political achievements in Russia have been mixed for decades but globally he is hailed for his historic efforts that earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. In Israel and the Diaspora, Gorbachev is revered. He re-established diplomatic relations with Israel after the USSR ended relations following the 1967 Six-Day War. Gorbachev led the way in relaxing Jewish immigration. In 1989, 12,000 Soviet Jews emigrated to Israel. This figure is estimated to have reached 1.7 million. Prime Minister Yair Lapid said, “He was a brave leader and great statesman, who contributed greatly to the rehabilitation of relations between his country and Israel, and Continued on page 2
Mikhail Gorbachev
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