Gorby 80: Mikhail Gorbachev's 80th birthday gala – in pictures

Mikhail Gorbachev speaks on stage at the Gorby 80 Gala at the Royal Albert Hall, London Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images

Kevin Spacey on the red carpet outside the gala Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

Goldie Hawn also made an appearance Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

Ted Turner, founder of CNN and ex-husband of Jane Fonda Photograph: Eamonn McCormack/Getty Images

Opera singer Katherine Jenkins was there too Photograph: Suzan/EMPICS Entertainment

Bryan Ferry strikes a typically louche pose at the gala Photograph: Eamonn McCormack/Getty Images

Ksenia Gorbacheva, left and Anastasia Virganskaya, granddaughters of Mikhail Gorbachev Photograph: KERIM OKTEN/EPA

Tottenham footballer Roman Pavlyuchenko was at the gala Photograph: Eamonn McCormack/Getty Images

Sharon Stone looking glamorous as ever Photograph: Jonathan Short/AP

Valery Gergiev conducts the orchestra Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

Milla Jovovich shows off her ubiquitous style Photograph: Eamonn McCormack/Getty Images

Former Polish president Lech Walesa apparently rates the gala quite highly Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

Former member of the Spice Girls Mel C. Not the first person you might associate with Gorbachev, perhaps Photograph: CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images

Paul Anka, singer of Diana (but you knew that, didn't you?). 26 August is Paul Anka Day in Ottawa, incidentally Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

'Hasta la vista, Gorby!' Arnold Schwarzenegger may well have said, shortly before this picture was taken Photograph: Eamonn McCormack/Getty Images

Kevin Spacey and Sharon Stone introduce the gala concert for 'The Man Who Changed The World' Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images