The funeral of the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, who passed away yesterday at the age of 91, will take place on Saturday, the Interfax news agency reported, citing Gorbachev’s daughter.
THE funeral will take place in the well-known Hall of Columns located in the House of Trade Unions, Interfax reported and the Athens News Agency relayed, in the same place where it had been placed the body of Joseph Stalin for popular pilgrimage after his death in 1953;
Alexei Venediktov, former director of the Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station and friend of Gorbachev, also said in a social media post that the funeral will take place on September 3.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier that the Kremlin would decide during the day when his funeral would take place Gorbachev public expense.
Source: News Beast
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