As tributes pour in for the late Mikhail Gorbachev, the death of the Soviet Union's last leader is spurring mixed reactions among world powers.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Gorbachev a courageous man who helped reunite Germany and brought democracy and freedom, albeit somewhat unintentionally, to Eastern Europe.

But Scholz says those freedoms have been since been wiped away inside Russia itself.

Redmond Shannon looks at the differing perceptions and what they illustrate about his legacy.

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