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Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Ukrainian SU-27 fighters escort an SU-24 front-line bomber during an air force exercises on Starokostyantyniv military airbase on October 12, 2018. GENYA…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterNo state honours or Putin presence planned for funeralGorbachev's reforms precipitated end of Soviet UnionFormer leader stunned by Russian actions in UkraineThis content was…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterMOSCOW, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91,…

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "Putin's work schedule will not allow him to take part in the farewell ceremony for Gorbachev on September 3," adding that the Russian President visited the Central Clinical Hospital today to pay his respects…