Mikhail Gorbachev funeral takes place in Moscow - in pictures
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Mourners attend a memorial service for Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, at the Hall of Columns in Moscow on Saturday. AFP -
A mourner holds a copy of 'Gorbachev: His Life and Times' outside the hall in the Russian capital. Reuters -
A woman holds flowers as she stands in line to file past the Nobel Peace Prize winner's coffin. AFP -
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban was the European leader at the service, with most staying away because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. EPA -
People queue to say farewell to the former leader, who died at the age of 91. AFP -
Gorbachev's daughter Irina hugs politician Grigory Yavlinsky in front of her father's casket. AP -
People queue at the memorial service, after which Gorbachev was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow next to the grave of his wife Raisa. EPA -
Muscovites queue to enter the hall. AFP -
Although Gorbachev was not granted a state funeral, the hall in which his body lay has been used as a venue for them since Soviet times. AP -
President Vladimir Putin was not among the mourners. Earlier, he laid flowers at the hospital where Gorbachev died. AP -
People queue outside the hall near the Kremlin. AP -
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, pays his respects. Reuters -
Russians queue to attend the ceremony. AFP -
A portrait of Gorbachev on the wall during his memorial service in Moscow. Reuters
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