According to Gorbachev's aide Karen Karagezyan, the former Soviet president slipped in his dacha over the weekend and sustained minor injuries. “Nothing serious happened, he feels fine, but the doctors nevertheless recommended that he stay at home and not go anywhere in the coming days,” the assistant said.
Mikhail Gorbachev was supposed to fly to Denmark on Monday, where he planned to speak at a major business seminar on the topic of ecology on Tuesday, Interfax reports .