Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin To remember the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail GorbachevDeprivation of full state honors given to Boris Yeltsin to a person who failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Empire.
Gorbachev, idolized in the West for allowing Eastern Europe to escape Soviet communist control, but disliked at home for the anarchy that exposed his “perestroika” reforms, a public ceremony in Moscow’s Hall of Columns The latter will be buried on Saturday.
grand hall in sight Kremlin, hosted the funerals of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev. Gorbachev will be given a military guard of honor – but his funeral will not be a state one.
State television showed Thursday putin The placing of red roses next to Gorbachev’s coffin – as is customary in Russia – was left uncovered at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow, where he died on Tuesday at the age of 91.
Putin signs the cross in Russian Orthodox fashion before briefly touching the side of the coffin.
“Unfortunately, the president’s work schedule will not allow him to do this on September 3, so he decided to do it today,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
He said Gorbachev’s ceremony would have “elements” of a state funeral, and that the state was helping to organize it.
Nevertheless, it would be a notable contrast to the funeral of Yeltsin, who as Gorbachev was instrumental in sidelining Gorbachev. the Soviet Union They parted ways and chose a KGB intelligence officer, Putin, as his successor as the most suitable person.
When Yeltsin died in 2007, Putin declared a national day of mourning and, along with world leaders, attended a grand state funeral at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
Russia’s intervention in Ukraine appears to at least be aimed at reversing the collapse of the Soviet Union, which Gorbachev failed to prevent in 1991.
Gorbachev’s decision to let the countries of the post-war Soviet Communist Bloc go his own way, and the reunification of East and West Germany, helped to trigger nationalist movements within the 15 Soviet republics that he was powerless.
Five years after taking power in 2000, Putin called the breakup of the Soviet Union “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century”.
More than 15 hours after Gorbachev’s death, Putin published a restrained message of condolence, saying that Gorbachev had “a great influence on the course of world history” and that his handling of the Soviet Union’s problems was “deep. understood that reforms were necessary” in the 1980s.
Gorbachev, idolized in the West for allowing Eastern Europe to escape Soviet communist control, but disliked at home for the anarchy that exposed his “perestroika” reforms, a public ceremony in Moscow’s Hall of Columns The latter will be buried on Saturday.
grand hall in sight Kremlin, hosted the funerals of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev. Gorbachev will be given a military guard of honor – but his funeral will not be a state one.
State television showed Thursday putin The placing of red roses next to Gorbachev’s coffin – as is customary in Russia – was left uncovered at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow, where he died on Tuesday at the age of 91.
Putin signs the cross in Russian Orthodox fashion before briefly touching the side of the coffin.
“Unfortunately, the president’s work schedule will not allow him to do this on September 3, so he decided to do it today,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
He said Gorbachev’s ceremony would have “elements” of a state funeral, and that the state was helping to organize it.
Nevertheless, it would be a notable contrast to the funeral of Yeltsin, who as Gorbachev was instrumental in sidelining Gorbachev. the Soviet Union They parted ways and chose a KGB intelligence officer, Putin, as his successor as the most suitable person.
When Yeltsin died in 2007, Putin declared a national day of mourning and, along with world leaders, attended a grand state funeral at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
Russia’s intervention in Ukraine appears to at least be aimed at reversing the collapse of the Soviet Union, which Gorbachev failed to prevent in 1991.
Gorbachev’s decision to let the countries of the post-war Soviet Communist Bloc go his own way, and the reunification of East and West Germany, helped to trigger nationalist movements within the 15 Soviet republics that he was powerless.
Five years after taking power in 2000, Putin called the breakup of the Soviet Union “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century”.
More than 15 hours after Gorbachev’s death, Putin published a restrained message of condolence, saying that Gorbachev had “a great influence on the course of world history” and that his handling of the Soviet Union’s problems was “deep. understood that reforms were necessary” in the 1980s.