Mikhail Gorbachev laid to rest in Moscow as Putin snubs ceremony

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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the break-up of the Soviet Union, has been buried after a farewell ceremony attended by thousands of mourners but snubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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