MOSCOW — The Kremlin stated Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t attend the weekend funeral of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev however has paid tribute to him.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a Moscow hospital the place Mikhail Gorbachev’s physique is stored earlier than Saturday’s funeral.
Peskov informed reporters that Putin’s schedule wouldn’t enable him to attend Saturday’s farewell ceremony, however paid tribute to late Soviet chief.
Requested if Gorbachev might be given a state funeral, Peskov stated the funeral could have “parts” of state funeral, similar to honorary guards and different formalities.