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Raisa Gorbachev is dead

Former Soviet first lady Raisa Gorbachev died today in hospital in Germany after suffering from acute Leukaemia, a spokesman for the Gorbachev Foundation said in Moscow. She was 67.

''Yes, I confirm this,'' said the spokesman when contacted by telephone. Raisa, the wife of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, had been in a Muenster clinic since July. Russian news agencies said Raisa Gorbachev died early today.

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