No State Funeral For Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Russian President Putin Will Not Attend The Funeral

 

ABC News Australia: Vladimir Putin pays respects to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev but won't attend his funeral 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev but will not attend the late former Soviet leader's funeral, a decision reflecting the Kremlin's ambivalence about Mr Gorbachev's legacy. 

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that prior to departing for a working trip to Russia's westernmost Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, Mr Putin visited a Moscow hospital where Gorbachev's body is kept before Saturday's funeral to lay flowers at his coffin.  

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WNU Editor: It is the little things that I always notice. Like Putin giving the sign of the cross at the end of the above video to Gorbachev who was an atheist all his life. 

No State Funeral For Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Russian President Putin Will Not Attend The Funeral

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