Russia bids farewell to Gorbachev in low-key funeral snubbed by Putin

Muscovites lined up near the Kremlin on Saturday to pay their respects to Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who was widely admired in the West for his reforms and who lived long enough to see Russia's leadership roll back much of that change.

Sep 3, 2022 - 12:13
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Russia bids farewell to Gorbachev in low-key funeral snubbed by Putin
Muscovites lined up near the Kremlin on Saturday to pay their respects to Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who was widely admired in the West for his reforms and who lived long enough to see Russia's leadership roll back much of that change.