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Thousands Gather At “Peacemaker” Mikhail Gorbachev’s Funeral, But No Putin
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Thousands Gather At “Peacemaker” Mikhail Gorbachev’s Funeral, But No Putin

[ad_1] Some saw Putin's no-show as a calculated snub from a former KGB officer.Moscow: Thousands of Russians filed past the open casket of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, on Saturday with many saying they wanted to honour his memory as "a peacemaker" who dismantled totalitarianism and gave them their freedom.Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991, died on Tuesday aged 91. His body lay in state in the grand Hall of Columns in central Moscow in the tradition of previous Soviet leaders, including Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin.Flanked by an honour guard of two rifle-wielding members of the elite Kremlin Regiment with the hall's 54 chandeliers emitting only a dim glow, the former president's body lay in an open casket with his face and upper bod...
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Russia To Bid Goodbye To Mikhail Gorbachev Without Vladimir Putin
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Russia To Bid Goodbye To Mikhail Gorbachev Without Vladimir Putin

[ad_1] Gorbachev died on Tuesday aged 91.Moscow: Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who was much admired in the West and who lived long enough to see all the reforms he had championed undone, was set to be buried on Saturday without state honours or the presence of President Vladimir Putin.Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday aged 91, has been granted a public send-off - Muscovites will be able to view his coffin in the imposing Hall of Columns, within sight of the Kremlin, where previous Soviet leaders have been mourned.Ahead of his funeral, scheduled to start at 0700 GMT, pallbearers hoisted Gorbachev's wooden coffin, covered in a tricolour Russian flag, into the venue.But it was little surprise that Putin, a long-time KGB intelligence officer who has called the Soviet Union's collapse a "...
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US Ambassador To Russia Will Attend Mikhail Gorbachev’s Funeral
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US Ambassador To Russia Will Attend Mikhail Gorbachev’s Funeral

[ad_1] Mikhail Gorbachev was the last President of the Soviet Union. (File)Washington: US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow on Saturday, a State Department spokesperson said on Friday.Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday aged 91 at a Moscow hospital.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) [ad_2] Source link
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Vladimir Putin Denies Mikhail Gorbachev State Funeral, Will Stay Away
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Vladimir Putin Denies Mikhail Gorbachev State Funeral, Will Stay Away

[ad_1] It took Putin more than 15 hours to publish a restrained message of condolence.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.Gorbachev, idolised in the West for allowing eastern Europe to escape Soviet communist control but unloved at home for the chaos that his "perestroika" reforms unleashed, will be buried on Saturday after a public ceremony in Moscow's Hall of Columns.The grand hall, within sight of the Kremlin, hosted the funerals of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev. Gorbachev will be given a military guard of honour - but his funeral will not be a state one.State televisi...
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Vladimir Putin Will Not Attend Mikhail Gorbachev Funeral: Kremlin
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Vladimir Putin Will Not Attend Mikhail Gorbachev Funeral: Kremlin

[ad_1] Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev, his spokesman said.(File)Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, his spokesman said on Thursday."The farewell ceremony and funeral will take place on September 3 but unfortunately the president's work schedule will not allow him (to attend)," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that Putin had paid his last respects to Gorbachev at the hospital where he died on Tuesday, aged 91.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) [ad_2] Source link
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PM Modi Condoles Death Of Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev
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PM Modi Condoles Death Of Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev

[ad_1] Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until its collapse in 1991.New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the demise of former Soviet leader Mikhail S Gorbachev, and said he was one of the leading statesmen of the 20th century who left an indelible mark on the course of history.Gorbachev died at a hospital in Moscow on Tuesday at the age of 91 after a "serious and prolonged illness", according to the Russian media. His death prompted an outpouring of condolences and tributes from leaders across the world."I extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of H.E. Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the leading statesmen of the 20th century who left an indelible mark on the course of history," PM Modi said in a tweet.  I extend our deepest con...
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Funeral Of Last Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev To Take Place On Saturday: Reports
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Funeral Of Last Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev To Take Place On Saturday: Reports

[ad_1] Putin earlier on Wednesday sent Gorbachev's relatives his condolences via telegram.The funeral of the Soviet Union's last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday in Moscow aged 91, will take place on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, citing Gorbachev's daughter and a spokesperson for his foundation.The funeral will take place in the famous Hall of Columns inside Moscow's House of Unions, Russian news agencies reported, the same place where Josef Stalin's body was put on display following his death in 1953.The service will be open to the public and Gorbachev will then be buried at Moscow's central Novodevichy Cemetery, the TASS news agency cited Vladimir Polyakov, press secretary for the Gorbachev Foundation, as saying.Dozens of high-ranking politicians, poets, royals...
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Mikhail Gorbachev Dies: 5 Facts About The Last Soviet Leader
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Mikhail Gorbachev Dies: 5 Facts About The Last Soviet Leader

[ad_1] Mikhail Gorbachev received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last President of the Soviet Union and one of the most influential leaders of his time, died in Moscow aged 91. His death was announced on Tuesday by Russian news agencies. Here are five facts about Mr Gorbachev:Mikhail Gorbachev was born on March 2, 1931, in Privolnoye, a rural locality in Stavropol Krai in southwest Russia. His parents were peasants. At the age of 15, he joined the Komsomol (Young Communist League) in 1946, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. Mr Gorbachev graduated with a degree of law in 1955.He held a number of posts in the Young Communist League and later in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Mr Gorbachev's ...
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“Man Of Remarkable Vision”: Joe Biden Remembers Mikhail Gorbachev
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“Man Of Remarkable Vision”: Joe Biden Remembers Mikhail Gorbachev

[ad_1] Other prominent US figures also weighed in on Gorbachev's legacy Tuesday.Washington: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday hailed former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who passed away in Moscow aged 91, as a "rare leader" who made the world a safer place."These were the acts of a rare leader - one with the imagination to see that a different future was possible and the courage to risk his entire career to achieve it," Biden said in a statement, referring to Gorbachev's democratic reforms. "The result was a safer world and greater freedom for millions of people.""Mikhail Gorbachev was a man of remarkable vision," Biden added.Gorbachev's death was announced on Tuesday by Russian news agencies, who said Gorbachev had died at a central hospital in Moscow "after a serious and long illnes...
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Vladimir Putin Expresses “Deep Sympathies” Over Death Of Mikhail Gorbachev
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Vladimir Putin Expresses “Deep Sympathies” Over Death Of Mikhail Gorbachev

[ad_1] Vladimir Putin expresses his deep sympathies over the death of Mikhail Gorbachev.Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his deep sympathies over the death of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, his spokesman said Wednesday, soon after the news of his passing."President Putin expresses his deep sympathies over the death of Mikhail Gorbachev. In the morning he will send a telegram of condolences to his family and friends," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) [ad_2] Source link
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