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FILE - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev waves from the parade review stand of the Lenin Mausoleum on Saturday, Nov. 7, 1987 in Moscow' s Red Square during the 70th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91. The Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies cited the Central Clinical Hospital. (AP Photo/ Boris Yurchenko)