23 April 2007
Gorbachev sends condolences to Yeltsin''s family
Former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev has sent his condolences to the family of Russia's first President Boris Yeltsin, the Vesti-24 television channel reported. Gorbachev pointed out that their life paths crossed at a time when the country was going through major changes. According to him, there were many subjects on which they disagreed, and some points, in which the differences of opinion were very vast, and it could not but affect political processes. «However, at a time like this I express my deepest condolences to Boris Yeltin's family», Gorbachev stressed.