MOSCOW, December 8. /TASS/. Last Soviet Defense Minister Aviation Marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov has died aged 78, Head of the Office of Commanders’ Club Nikolai Deryabin told TASS on Tuesday.
Eduard Shevardnadze, who has died aged 86, was Mikhail Gorbachev's foreign minister from 1985 onwards and played a key part in guiding Russia towards democracy. After the end of the Soviet Union ...