Gorbachev recovering from artery operation

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is recovering after undergoing an operation in Germany on a key artery in the neck that supplies blood to the brain, his foundation said today.

Doctors operated yesterday on Gorbachev’s carotid artery at a clinic in Munich, Germany, where the 75-year-old was rushed to hospital on Sunday, the Gorbachev Foundation said on its website.