Thousands bid farewell to last Soviet leader Gorbachev 'the peacemaker;' Putin, other top officials stayed away

Thousands bid farewell to last Soviet leader Gorbachev 'the peacemaker;' Putin, other top officials stayed away
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US ambassador to Russia John Joseph Sullivan (2nd L), walks to the coffin of Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow on Saturday. AP