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Russians pay respects to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
Dais Newsfeed | 03/09/2022 05:41 PM | Click to read full article
Russians on Saturday paid their final respects to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, in a ceremony held in Moscow without much fanfare and with President Vladimir Putin notably absent.
Hundreds of mourners lined up to quietly file past Gorbachev’s open casket as it was flanked by honour guards under the Russian flag in Moscow’s historic Hall of Columns.
