Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, was buried Saturday after a farewell ceremony ...

Thousands of mourners lined Moscow streets Saturday to pay their respects at the official funeral of the final leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at 91 after ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday, citing scheduling conflicts, but he paid tribute to the last Soviet leader Thursday, the Kremlin said. In ...

President Putin is not attending the funeral of his Kremlin predecessor, Mikhail Gorbachev, on Saturday in what many are interpreting as a deliberate snub. A public farewell ceremony was held for ...

Putin will not attend Gorbachev's funeral because he is too busy, the Kremlin said. The Kremlin said the ceremony for Gorbachev would have "elements" of a state funeral, hinting it would not follow ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, on Saturday because of schedule constraints, the Kremlin said. In a call with reporters, ...

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR, will not receive a full state funeral in Russia following his passing earlier this week, the Kremlin confirmed Thursday. "There ...

Russians said farewell to the last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday in a funeral that has been snubbed by President Vladimir Putin. A public farewell ceremony for Gorbachev, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin privately laid flowers at Mikhail Gorbachev’s coffin on Thursday, snubbing the weekend’s public funeral in a move reflecting the Kremlin’s uneasiness about Gorbachev’s ...

Russians who came for a last look at former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday mourned both the man and his policies that gave them hope. President Vladimir Putin claimed to be too busy to ...