Mikhail Gorbachev Death No State Funeral For Russian Leader State Media Say

“There are no plans to hold a state funeral for Gorbachev,” sources told Interfax news agency. Earlier, the Gorbachev Foundation told the same agency that he will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery next to his wife, Raisa, who died in 1999. Gorbachev died on Tuesday in a central Moscow hospital aged 91 after a long illness. Tributes poured in from around the world for the man who ruled the USSR from 1985 to 1991 and was regarded as one of the most influential figures of the late twentieth century, helping to end the Cold War and soothe East/West relations each time when many feared a nuclear war. But as popular as he was abroad, many in Russia disliked Gorbachev and blamed him for the country’s decline. A significant number of Russians never forgave Gorbachev for the upheaval his reforms unleashed, seeing the subsequent plunge in their living standards as too high a price for democracy, which resulted in a humiliating end when he was forced to resign in a coup. A 2017 poll found that just 15 percent of Russians had a favorable opinion of the last Soviet president. And while many in the West gushed over his legacy after news of his death, the reaction in Russia was more muted. Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa. The former leader of the Soviet Union will be buried next to her at the Novodevichy cemetery (AFP via Getty Images) Pro-Kremlin commentators and politicians have criticized his legacy in Russia’s state media. Gorbachev’s death was the first topic on Russia’s flagship Channel One newscast, where a five-minute flashback highlighted his common contact and desire to improve the Soviet economy, while suggesting he lacked resolve and over-trusted the United States. A morning bulletin on another channel, Rossiya 24, took 12 minutes to cover the news, relegating it to third place behind an education forum in Moscow and a planned visit by the UN nuclear watchdog to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant near the front lines of battles. between Russia and Ukraine. The presenters highlighted the difference in Western reaction to the death of the former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, in countries such as China, which has been more critical, especially of his relationship with Washington and Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Gorbachev had “a huge impact on the course of world history”, in a condolence cable sent to his family. He added that the last Soviet leader “deeply understood that reforms were necessary” and tried to offer solutions to the problems the Soviet Union faced in the 1980s. Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement that Mr. Putin expressed his deepest condolences over Mr. Gorbachev’s death. The pair had clashed ideologically and Mr Gorbachev is said to have accused the current Russian leader, embroiled in a devastating war in Ukraine, of destroying his legacy of political reform.

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“There are no plans to hold a state funeral for Gorbachev,” sources told Interfax news agency. Earlier, the Gorbachev Foundation told the same agency that he will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery next to his wife, Raisa, who died in 1999. Gorbachev died on Tuesday in a central Moscow hospital aged 91 after a long illness. Tributes poured in from around the world for the man who ruled the USSR from 1985 to 1991 and was regarded as one of the most influential figures of the late twentieth century, helping to end the Cold War and soothe East/West relations each time when many feared a nuclear war. But as popular as he was abroad, many in Russia disliked Gorbachev and blamed him for the country’s decline. A significant number of Russians never forgave Gorbachev for the upheaval his reforms unleashed, seeing the subsequent plunge in their living standards as too high a price for democracy, which resulted in a humiliating end when he was forced to resign in a coup. A 2017 poll found that just 15 percent of Russians had a favorable opinion of the last Soviet president. And while many in the West gushed over his legacy after news of his death, the reaction in Russia was more muted. Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa. The former leader of the Soviet Union will be buried next to her at the Novodevichy cemetery (AFP via Getty Images) Pro-Kremlin commentators and politicians have criticized his legacy in Russia’s state media. Gorbachev’s death was the first topic on Russia’s flagship Channel One newscast, where a five-minute flashback highlighted his common contact and desire to improve the Soviet economy, while suggesting he lacked resolve and over-trusted the United States. A morning bulletin on another channel, Rossiya 24, took 12 minutes to cover the news, relegating it to third place behind an education forum in Moscow and a planned visit by the UN nuclear watchdog to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant near the front lines of battles. between Russia and Ukraine. The presenters highlighted the difference in Western reaction to the death of the former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, in countries such as China, which has been more critical, especially of his relationship with Washington and Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Gorbachev had “a huge impact on the course of world history”, in a condolence cable sent to his family. He added that the last Soviet leader “deeply understood that reforms were necessary” and tried to offer solutions to the problems the Soviet Union faced in the 1980s. Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement that Mr. Putin expressed his deepest condolences over Mr. Gorbachev’s death. The pair had clashed ideologically and Mr Gorbachev is said to have accused the current Russian leader, embroiled in a devastating war in Ukraine, of destroying his legacy of political reform.

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“There are no plans to hold a state funeral for Gorbachev,” sources told Interfax news agency. Earlier, the Gorbachev Foundation told the same agency that he will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery next to his wife, Raisa, who died in 1999. Gorbachev died on Tuesday in a central Moscow hospital aged 91 after a long illness. Tributes poured in from around the world for the man who ruled the USSR from 1985 to 1991 and was regarded as one of the most influential figures of the late twentieth century, helping to end the Cold War and soothe East/West relations each time when many feared a nuclear war. But as popular as he was abroad, many in Russia disliked Gorbachev and blamed him for the country’s decline. A significant number of Russians never forgave Gorbachev for the upheaval his reforms unleashed, seeing the subsequent plunge in their living standards as too high a price for democracy, which resulted in a humiliating end when he was forced to resign in a coup. A 2017 poll found that just 15 percent of Russians had a favorable opinion of the last Soviet president. And while many in the West gushed over his legacy after news of his death, the reaction in Russia was more muted. Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa. The former leader of the Soviet Union will be buried next to her at the Novodevichy cemetery (AFP via Getty Images) Pro-Kremlin commentators and politicians have criticized his legacy in Russia’s state media. Gorbachev’s death was the first topic on Russia’s flagship Channel One newscast, where a five-minute flashback highlighted his common contact and desire to improve the Soviet economy, while suggesting he lacked resolve and over-trusted the United States. A morning bulletin on another channel, Rossiya 24, took 12 minutes to cover the news, relegating it to third place behind an education forum in Moscow and a planned visit by the UN nuclear watchdog to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant near the front lines of battles. between Russia and Ukraine. The presenters highlighted the difference in Western reaction to the death of the former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, in countries such as China, which has been more critical, especially of his relationship with Washington and Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Gorbachev had “a huge impact on the course of world history”, in a condolence cable sent to his family. He added that the last Soviet leader “deeply understood that reforms were necessary” and tried to offer solutions to the problems the Soviet Union faced in the 1980s. Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement that Mr. Putin expressed his deepest condolences over Mr. Gorbachev’s death. The pair had clashed ideologically and Mr Gorbachev is said to have accused the current Russian leader, embroiled in a devastating war in Ukraine, of destroying his legacy of political reform.

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“There are no plans to hold a state funeral for Gorbachev,” sources told Interfax news agency. Earlier, the Gorbachev Foundation told the same agency that he will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery next to his wife, Raisa, who died in 1999. Gorbachev died on Tuesday in a central Moscow hospital aged 91 after a long illness. Tributes poured in from around the world for the man who ruled the USSR from 1985 to 1991 and was regarded as one of the most influential figures of the late twentieth century, helping to end the Cold War and soothe East/West relations each time when many feared a nuclear war. But as popular as he was abroad, many in Russia disliked Gorbachev and blamed him for the country’s decline. A significant number of Russians never forgave Gorbachev for the upheaval his reforms unleashed, seeing the subsequent plunge in their living standards as too high a price for democracy, which resulted in a humiliating end when he was forced to resign in a coup. A 2017 poll found that just 15 percent of Russians had a favorable opinion of the last Soviet president. And while many in the West gushed over his legacy after news of his death, the reaction in Russia was more muted. Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa. The former leader of the Soviet Union will be buried next to her at the Novodevichy cemetery (AFP via Getty Images) Pro-Kremlin commentators and politicians have criticized his legacy in Russia’s state media. Gorbachev’s death was the first topic on Russia’s flagship Channel One newscast, where a five-minute flashback highlighted his common contact and desire to improve the Soviet economy, while suggesting he lacked resolve and over-trusted the United States. A morning bulletin on another channel, Rossiya 24, took 12 minutes to cover the news, relegating it to third place behind an education forum in Moscow and a planned visit by the UN nuclear watchdog to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant near the front lines of battles. between Russia and Ukraine. The presenters highlighted the difference in Western reaction to the death of the former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, in countries such as China, which has been more critical, especially of his relationship with Washington and Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Gorbachev had “a huge impact on the course of world history”, in a condolence cable sent to his family. He added that the last Soviet leader “deeply understood that reforms were necessary” and tried to offer solutions to the problems the Soviet Union faced in the 1980s. Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement that Mr. Putin expressed his deepest condolences over Mr. Gorbachev’s death. The pair had clashed ideologically and Mr Gorbachev is said to have accused the current Russian leader, embroiled in a devastating war in Ukraine, of destroying his legacy of political reform.