Mikhail Gorbachev becomes great-grandpa

     Former  Soviet  president  Mikhail Gorbachev became a great-grandpa on Wednesday.
     Gorbachev's  granddaughter Kseniya gave birth to a baby girl in the Mistach  district  of  Bavaria, Germany at 9:00 local time on Wednesday, the press service for the Gorbachev Foundation told Interfax.
     "The  baby  girl  weighs  3.9  kilos  and  is  52  cm long. Mikhail Sergeyevich [Gorbachev]'s great-granddaughter was named Alexandra," said Vladimir Polyakov, a spokesman for the Gorbachev Foundation.

Interfax  // 22.10.2008