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Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, denying the man who failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet empire the full state honours granted to Boris Yeltsin.

Gorbachev, idolised in the West for allowing eastern Europe to escape Soviet communist control but unloved at home for the chaos that his "perestroika" reforms unleashed, will be buried on Saturday after a public ceremony in Moscow's Hall of Columns.

The grand hall, within sight of the Kremlin, hosted the funerals of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev. Gorbachev will be given a military guard of honour - but his funeral will not be a state one.

State television on Thursday showed Putin solemnly placing red roses beside Gorbachev's coffin - left open as is traditional in Russia - in Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital, where he died on Tuesday aged 91.

Putin made a sign of the cross in Russian Orthodox fashion before briefly touching the edge of the coffin.

"Unfortunately, the president's work schedule will not allow him to do this on Sept. 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 organise it.

Nevertheless, it will be a marked contrast to the funeral of Yeltsin, who was instrumental in sidelining Gorbachev as the Soviet Union fell apart and hand-picked Putin, a career KGB intelligence officer, as the man most suited to succeed him.

When Yeltsin died in 2007, Putin declared a national day of mourning and, alongside world leaders, attended a grand state funeral in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.

Russia's intervention in Ukraine appears aimed at reversing at least in part the collapse of the Soviet Union that Gorbachev failed to prevent in 1991.

Gorbachev's decision to let the countries of the post-war Soviet communist bloc go their own way, and East and West Germany to reunify, helped to trigger nationalist movements within the 15 Soviet republics that he was powerless to quell.

Five years after taking power in 2000, Putin called the breakup of the Soviet Union "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century".

It took Putin more than 15 hours after Gorbachev's death to publish a restrained message of condolence that said Gorbachev had had a "huge impact on the course of world history" and "deeply understood that reforms were necessary" to tackle the problems of the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Gorbachev's foundation said the funeral would begin at 12 noon (0900 GMT), not 10 a.m. (0700 GMT) as previously announced.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-will-not-attend-gorbachev-funeral-due-scheduling-constraints-kremlin-2022-09-01/

obedience4:
Before the discovery of gas, Europe has had countless winters..
Calm down

That's if Europeans are ready to go back to the cave. Cause the era you are talking about was the era when they were living in cave

Wahala is looming. And Europe commit suicide at last

Appleyard:
It's as simple as that.never stop or interface with your enemy when he is making a mistake.

White house is about to ask congress for 11.9 billion USD weapons aid for Ukraine again. These people does not want this war to end. They think their continuous support for Ukraine would make Russia run out of ammo.

Righteousness2:
Real bad.

Allow us rest jare. This one has nothing to do with rapture oga.

Machinegun91:
Indian rapist, indians men and rape is like 1&2


I pray for the safety of Russian women pussy asses

Lmao

Soldiers from the Indian army have landed in Russia for a week-long military exercise, India's defence ministry said on Thursday, days after the United States said it had concerns about any country exercising with Russia now.

The Indian government said that its forces have regularly participated in multilateral exercises in Russia, along with a number of other countries. Russia is the biggest supplier of military hardware to India.

An Indian Army contingent "arrived at the exercise location and over the next seven days will undertake joint manoeuvres to include joint field training exercises, combat discussions, and firepower exercises", the Indian defence ministry said in a statement.

Moscow announced in late July that it would hold the "Vostok" (East) exercise in the east of the country, despite waging a six-month-long war in Ukraine, where it has suffered heavy losses of personnel and equipment. China, Belarus, Mongolia and Tajikistan are the other participants.

The United States, which has deepened its military partnership with India in recent years, has indicated its discomfort with Indian troops joining the exercise in Russia.

The United States has concerns about any country exercising with Russia while Russia wages a unprovoked, brutal war against Ukraine," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday.

"But, of course, every participating country will make its own decisions."

The previous Vostok drills in 2018 took place on a massive scale with nearly 300,000 troops reported to be involved, including for the first time from the Chinese army.

https://www.reuters.com/world/indian-troops-join-russian-military-exercise-despite-us-concerns-2022-09-01/

Na wah

DerrickzB:
nsiba the brain dead mf… come see your people being grinded like canon fodder..

As in Ukraine is gone. That counter-offensive effort to take Kherson will amount to cataclysmic failure. Russia dey show them shege.

dawnomike:
The most senseless war in modern day history...

Caused by the most senseless president in modern history. A Grand Comedian for that matter.

Ahmback:
So who China come dey steal from?

Sudan and Somalia

So aboki knows Gorbachev

searchlight:
the aim of having nuclear weapon is for deterrent so if you have it and not show it, it is useless because you can't still use it.

Iran has created a credible deterrence conventinally without nuclear weapons. It has a powerful conventional military that can incur heavy casualty on any invader or aggressor. Iran's Nuclear weapons are for Israel a nuclear armed enemy. The way Iran talks whenever Israel bring the issue of striking Iran's nuclear programme makes me think they have untested nukes. Anyway Israel has a small land mass it shouldn't take much time to destroy major critical infrastructure in the country in a conventional warfare.

Whobedatte:
Different scenario , interest matters
1. Ukraine is not a NATO member hence the US can only assist with weapons and dollars,on the other hand , they have special interest in Taiwan as they are the leading manufacturers of Chips / semi conductors and would not have China have access to that , however they might not send soldiers but they will definitely fight militarily as their flagship naval ship is already stationed there . China knows this and is not ready for any confrontation now !

What are you saying? You said "U.S might not send troops but has its flagship there" so if war starts and U.S start using its flagship you think China and US won't get hurt. U.S will never get in between China and Taiwan fight.

Lols

LLSAINT:
I agree that Diplomacy is the solution but mind you, Iran's nuclear programme is not waxing. In fact, they do not have any only uranium enrichment as they know the consequences of having one.
They have a lot to handle as even their neighbors do not like them either.
They are careful not to repeat the same steps as Saddam
The moment Israel notices the development of nuclear possibility and the world keeps mum, You go see gobe which we do not pray for.
Israel fears that Iran would not use nuclear warheads but give them to terrorists like Hezbollah to attack Israel.

Iran nuclear programme is so diverse. They have what it takes to enrich Uranium to weapons grade level. Israel won't be able to handle the aftermath of an unprovoked attack on Iran. Hell will let loose. It will be a war that will shake the whole of middle east as Iranian proxies all over middle east would join Iran. Israel cannot sustain such war. It will have a devastating impact on israel's economy and it will damage a lot of things inside israel. Israel has a small land mass. You can't just attack Iran and think you will sleep with your two eyes closed. Iran is not Palestine.

LLSAINT:
Bro, for Israel to think in that direction, they have weighed Iran to know say dem no fit withstand them.
Israel will strike and nothing will happen.
Shey the same Israel killed their top commanders and Iran kept threatening that they will retaliate. till now, wetin dem fit do?

Lols... Israel has been threatening to strike Iran nuclear facilities since 2010 and nothing has been done other than sabotage and assasination that made no difference yet Iran's nuclear programme keeps waxing stronger Israeli Mossad should be tired by now. Diplomacy is the only thing that can curb Iran's nuclear programme not military action or sanctions. US knows this already. That's why U.S and its western partners are using the diplomacy route.

Tunjibalogun:
Lol, close guarded secret only you, a black monkey in your villagic hut knows alone

Yes it is a closely guarded secret that's why no country knows about it.

Whobedatte:
Okokomaiko arm chair political analyst

That's the truth. America won't sacrifice any of its soldiers for tiny Taiwan in fact it would be stupid of America to do that. They should tread carefully and be wise. They shouldn't allow the west use them they way they pushed and used Ukraine.

Shoot it down and let the war start jor

inspirator1:
Iran has nuclear weapons forget the feint.

I swear they have it. But they haven't tested it yet if they test it, it will be known to the world and that's what they are avoiding. They are only waiting for a day Israel would launch a first nuclear strike and they in turn would now test those weapons by delivering a decapitating strike on Israel. And it will be a sorry case because israel has a small land mass.

I believe Iran has untested nuclear weapons. I strongly believe that. The reason the world thinks they don't have them is because they have not tested it. It is a closely guarded secret.

slawomir:
Damnnn niggar
Real niggarrrrs don't job hunt

You hunt for clients

WycliffeSMB:
Pls what could be the issue?
My Access Bank card no longer works on AliExpress.
I've been trying to make a purchase and this is what I get...

Access Bank stopped dollar transaction on its cards late MAY this year. I had to open an account with GTB to continue shopping on Aliexpress o. Na so we see am o

leofab:
so they can invade countries with reckless abandon

The country who own the dollar Is the mother of all invaders. Other invaders are learning from her

LordIsaac:
Simping across borders?

To cut it short Border to border Simping

leofab:
Bunch of losers

These countries are trying to shield themselves from the evil U.S sanctions you are calling them bunch of losers. SMH

Youngwiz71:
So this lady is just 54 yrs, what happened to her, she doesn't look good at all

She lost her husband in 2016 her life has never been the same since then. The death of the man shook her to her soul.

Make naija take part too abi wetin dey worry us sef.

robinso01:
He died for something.

Yes. For the Grand Comedian of the Federal Republic of Ukraine (GCFRU)

The comedian honoured him before he died.