The farewell ceremony for ex-president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev takes place on Saturday in the Hall of Columns in the center of Moscow. It will last from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., then Gorbachev will be buried at the Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife Raisa Maksimovna, as he wanted.
Entrance to the farewell ceremony is free.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov previously said that when parting with the first president of the USSR, elements of a state funeral would be present, in particular, there would be a guard of honor. He also noted that the state is assisting in organizing these funerals.
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