– funeral will take place on Saturday (September 3 – ed.) at the Novodevichy cemetery (v Moscow – ed.). The farewell ceremony will take place in the columned hall of the House of Trade Unions, said Irina, daughter of Mikhail Gorbachev, quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax.
Mikhail Gorbachev has died aged 91. The funeral will take place next Saturday.
The Gorbachev Foundation, on the other hand, has informed that anyone who wishes can say goodbye to the last leader of the Soviet Union – so the Hall of Columns must be open to the public. However, it is unclear what to say about the next points of the celebration. Gorbachev’s daughter did not reveal whether the celebrations would be private or public.
Mikhail Gorbachev died on August 30 at the age of 91. He was the first and only president of the USSR. In 1990 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the Cold War war.
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In the early years of the 21st century, Mikhail Gorbachev was a critic not only of the West’s policy towards Russiabut also Vladimir’s rule Cheese fries. Despite this, in 2014 he sided with supporters of the annexation of Ukraine Crimea. Three years later, he openly supports the Kremlin regime.
Gorbachev has not spoken publicly about topic Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, as revealed by “Forbes”, which referred to the head of Radio Echo Moscow Alexei Venediktov – Mikhail Gorbachev had to express his opposition to Russian aggression in Ukraine. He would also criticize Cheese fries for authoritarianism, militarism and the suppression of civil liberties.
