Putin will not attend Gorbachev funeral, Kremlin says

Russian president will miss funeral of last Soviet leader because ‘schedule will not allow’ him to do so, spokesperson says

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, on Saturday because of schedule constraints, the Kremlin has said.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Putin had paid his respects on Thursday morning by visiting and laying a wreath at Moscow’s central clinical hospital, where Gorbachev died on Tuesday.

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