Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91, should be buried without state honors or President Vladimir Putin.
However, he was granted a public farewell, with the authorities allowed the Russians to visit his coffin in the imposing pillar hall within sight of the Kremlin, where former Soviet leaders were mourned.The Moscow faced on Saturday near the Kremlin to the former Soviet leader, who was widely admired for his reforms in the West, but has had a mixture in Russia behind.
coffin bearer Hißsten Gorbachev's wooden coffin, which was covered with a three -color Russian flag, and put him in the middle of the hall, where a quiet recording of melancholic music from the film "Schindler's list" was shown.
Several Russian officials and cultural workers, including the high -ranking legislator Konstantin Kosachyov and the singer Alla Pugachyova, also paid their respect to Gorbachev's family, who was on the left of his open coffin.
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