Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev denied state funeral, Putin decides not to attend

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, denying the man who failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet empire the full state honours granted to Boris Yeltsin.

September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022

Gorbachev denied state funeral, Putin decides not to attend

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, denying the man who failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet empire the full state honours granted to Boris Yeltsin.