Watch: Orbán Pays his Respects as Gorbachev is Denied a State Funeral

  • 7 Sep 2022 7:39 AM
Watch: Orbán Pays his Respects as Gorbachev is Denied a State Funeral
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban is travelling to Moscow for the funeral of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday - the first European leader to visit Russia since it invaded Ukraine in February.

Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday aged 91, was set to be buried without state honours and without President Vladimir Putin in attendance.

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telegraph.co.uk

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