(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 25, 2011 former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev gives a press conference in Montpellier, southern France, as part of the New Policy Forum annual meeting. - 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 Pascal GUYOT / AFP)