Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader dies aged 91
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He comprehended the need, Mr Putin said - while UN boss Antonio Guterres adulated the "tireless supporter for harmony".
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Mr Putin's representatives, however, said Mr Gorbachev believed in an "eternal romance" with the West.
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Mr Gorbachev took power in 1985 preceding the breakdown of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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His message, President Putin said: "He deeply understood that change is important, he tried to take care of serious problems himself."
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Mr Putin and Mr Gorbachev have had a stressed relationship - they last met in 2006.
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Most as of late, Mr. Putin said he was discontent with the choice to attack Ukraine, despite the fact that Mr. Gorbachev upheld the extension of Crimea in 2014.
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James Baker, who negotiated German reunification with Gorbachev's government,
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He told the New York Times that "history will remember Mikhail Gorbachev as the giant who led our great nation to democracy".