TASS/. Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and the last Soviet president, will be buried at Moscow’s Novo-Dyevitchiye cemetery, next to his wife, a source familiar with the wishes of the former ...

This time, Gorbachev was ready with a concise answer. “If someone could promise me that in the next world I will see Raisa,” he said. “But I don’t believe in that.” Raisa, his wife of ...

After years of watching a parade of stodgy leaders in the Kremlin, Western leaders practically swooned over the charming, vigorous Gorbachev and his stylish, brainy wife. But perceptions were very ...

In his autobiography published in Russia in 2017, Gorbachev wrote: “My mother was Ukrainian. My wife, Raisa, was also Ukrainian. This is an issue that should not be handled as propaganda.

Steve explains what happened: The interview was over and Mr Gorbachev was showing us the ... a song he said was a favourite of his late wife. 'Raisa liked my singing' he smiled.