Tributes have also been pouring in from leaders around the world. In Russia, a spokesman for Vladimir Putin said the president expressed his deepest condolences to Gorbachev's family.

UN Chief Antonio Guterres said he was deeply saddened by Gorbachev's passing and described him as a "one of a kind states-man, who changed the course of history.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Gorbachev's crucial role in bringing down the Iron Curtain opened the way for a free Europe.

And the foundation of then U-S president Ronald Reagan tweeted that Gorbachev was a man, who was once a political adversary, but who ended up becoming a friend.

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