Mikhail Gorbachev funeral held in Moscow as Putin too busy to attend
by Andrew Roth in Moscow from World news | The Guardian on (#63775)
Hundreds of mourners pay tribute in Russian capital to former Soviet leader credited with helping to end cold war
Hundreds of mourners are lining up in central Moscow to bid farewell to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union often credited with bringing an end to the cold war.
The farewell ceremony, which is being held in the Hall of Pillars in Moscow's House of the Unions, will be followed by a closed funeral in the Novodevichy cemetery.
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