Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last President of the Soviet Union. According to the CNN report, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told that Putin will not attend Gorbachev's farewell ceremony on September 3 due to some urgent program. Meanwhile today the Russian President visited the Central Clinical Hospital to pay tribute to Gorbachev. Please tell that Gorbachev will not be cremated with full state honors.
Ordinary people will also attend Gorbachev's farewell ceremony
A farewell ceremony for Gorbachev is scheduled to take place on Saturday, which the general public will also be allowed to attend. He will then be cremated on the same day at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. Significantly, Gorbachev died on Tuesday at 91 pm after a prolonged illness.
Boris Johnson also expressed grief
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also condoled Gorbachev's death. He died after a serious and prolonged illness, the Sputnik news agency quoted the hospital as saying.
Gorbachev was the last president of the USSR
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last President of the United Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), also known as the Soviet Union. He was a young and dynamic Soviet leader who wanted to reform the communist regime along the lines of democratic principles by giving some freedom to the citizens.
Many steps were taken for the Soviet Union
In 1989, when pro-democracy protests broke out in the Soviet Union of communist Eastern Europe, Gorbachev refrained from using force. Gorbachev also initiated a program of economic reform called perestroika or restructuring which was necessary for the economy of the Soviet Union at the time.
received the Nobel Peace Prize
Gorbachev also had success with a nuclear disarmament agreement with the United States that earned him the Nobel Peace Prize. According to The New York Times, Gorbachev's first five years in power were marked by significant achievements. He began the withdrawal of most Soviet strategic nuclear weapons from Eastern Europe.
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