Скачать или смотреть Putin ‘didn’t have time’ to attend Gorbachev’s funeral

"I’m not sure how it would have been interpreted by your average Russian if there had been a full state funeral and if Putin had presided. It’s more problematic than it looks from a western perspective."

The Kremlin says that Putin did not attend Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral as he didn’t have space in his schedule. How does the rest of Russia perceive the former Soviet leader? Alexis Conran asks Independent columnist Mary Dejevsky on #TimesRadio.
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