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Police and the Rosguardia (National Guard) servicemen guard the entrance of Red Square during the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival, a day after former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev passing, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was mourned Wednesday as the loss of a rare leader who changed the world and for a time gave hope for peace among the superpowers. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)