Russians bid farewell to Gorbachev amid Putin absence ...Kuwait

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Muscovites lined up near the Kremlin on Saturday to pay their respects to Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who was widely admired in the West for his reforms and who lived long enough to see Russia's leadership roll back much of that change. Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday aged 91, was set to be buried without state honours or President Vladimir Putin in attendance. He was however granted a public send-off, with authorities allowing Russians to view his coffin in the imposing Hall of Columns, within sight of the Kremlin, where previous Soviet leaders have been mourned. Pallbearers hoisted Gorbachev's wooden coffin, covered in a tricolour Russian flag, and pl

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