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The death on Tuesday August 30 at the age of 91 of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR, aroused vibrant tributes in the West, where his crucial role in ending the Cold War and his fight for peace were hailed, taking a special relief six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his role in ending the East-West confrontation in the last century, Mikhail Gorbachev has spent the last twenty years in withdrawal from politics, while regularly making his voice heard, worried about new tensions with Washington.