Putin S Schedule Prevents Him From Attending Gorbachev S Funeral Kremlin
Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, on Saturday due to scheduling restrictions, the Kremlin said. In a telephone call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin paid his respects Thursday morning by visiting and laying a wreath at Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital, where Gorbachev died on Tuesday....