(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 24, 2011 former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel visit the exhibition "Aus dem Familienalbum“ (Out of the family album), featuring photos of Gorbachev on the occasion of his 80th birthday, at the Kennedy-Museum in Berlin. - The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, died on August 30, 2022 at the age of 91 in Russia, said a hospital quoted by Russian news agencies. (Photo by JESCO DENZEL / POOL BUNDESREGIERUNG / AFP)