Putin skips Gorbachev funeral due to 'full schedule' | DW News

The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev is being laid to rest at a ceremony in Moscow. Gorbachev died on Tuesday at the age of 91 after a long illness.
Crowds lined up in Moscow to see the former president lying in state at Moscow's Hall of Columns. But he is not being given a full state funeral usually held for former leaders. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend, citing a full schedule. Most western leaders are also staying away because of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. However, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is expected to be in Moscow to pay his last respects.


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