General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev . Archival photoMOSCOW, Aug 31 Former chairman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Armin Laschet said that the unity of Germany is unthinkable without Mikhail Gorbachev. «Can one person change the world? Yes. Can. None violence, no tanks, withdrawal of 350,000 Soviet soldiers from Germany. Freedom for millions in Central and Eastern Europe. German unity. Unthinkable without Mikhail Gorbachev. The personality of the century that is missing,» he wrote on Twitter. Gorbachev died on the 92nd year of life on Tuesday evening after a severe and prolonged illness. USSR Mikhail Gorbachev died after a long illness at the age of 92, the Central Clinical Hospital reported. The politician will be buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.
