Putin declines to honor Gorbachev with state funeral

By Victor I. Nava
Published September 2, 2022 8:59am ET
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Putin declines to honor Gorbachev with state funeral
Russian President Vladimir Putin pays his last respect near the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow Russia. | (Russian pool via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral and will not designate it a state funeral, the Kremlin announced Thursday.

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