Gorbachev funeral: What it tells us about Russia

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is not attending the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end. But Putin could not stop it resonating in the wider world, says former BBC Moscow correspondent Kevin Connolly. Simon Jack explains. (Image Credit:REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool)