MOSCOW, Aug 31 Former French presidential candidate from the centre-right Republican party Valéry Pekress said that Mikhail Gorbachev is an outstanding figure in European history. «With the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, an outstanding figure in European history leaves. He will remain a man of perestroika and a peaceful end to the USSR and the communist bloc. What a wind of hope he raised …», she wrote in Twitter. The first president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, died at the age of 92 on Tuesday evening after a serious and prolonged illness. changed the history of the 20th century
