普京向戈尔巴乔夫致哀但不会参加其葬礼

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev but will not attend the late former Soviet leader’s funeral. Kremlin spokesman said that Putin visited a Moscow hospital where Gorbachev's body is kept before Saturday’s funeral to lay flowers at his coffin. Gorbachev, who died Tuesday, will be buried at Moscow's Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife after a farewell ceremony.

俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔・普京周四向米哈伊尔・戈尔巴乔夫致哀，但不会出席这位已故前苏联领导人的葬礼。克里姆林宫发言人说，普京在周六的葬礼前访问了莫斯科一家存放戈尔巴乔夫遗体的医院，向他的棺材献花。周二去世的戈尔巴乔夫在举行告别仪式后，将被埋葬在莫斯科的Novodevichy公墓，与他的妻子为邻。