“Gorbachev was an authoritative and respected leader.
He played a decisive role in ending the Cold War and bringing down the Iron Curtain.
He opened the way to a free Europe.
This is a legacy we will never forget,” she tweeted.
Earlier, RIA Novosti reported that ex-President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev died at the age of 92 after a serious and prolonged illness.
On May 10, it became known that the first president of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, had died.