MOSCOW - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is in the hospital, Russia's state-run RIA Novosti reported on Oct. 10, citing an interview that Gorbachev granted a radio station.
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev gestures on Sept. 2, 2013 during the opening of a conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Green Cross International, founded in 1993 by Gorbachev to address environmental issues as well as poverty and insecurity.