who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state, a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the last leader of the soviet union had not been honoured with a full state funeral. a sign that today s kremlin has little interest in guarding mr gorbachev s legacy. many russians blame gorbachev for the fall of the ussr, the collapse of their superpower. and yet out on the streets muscovites were queueing up to pay their respects. gorbachev had given many here their first taste of freedom and democracy. in today s russia, both of those things are under attack. there are people who came to gorbachev to thank him, to say, thank you, mr gorbachev. you gave us a chance,
thousands of people queued to file past his coffin which was flanked by a guard of honour but he wasn t given a state funeral, and president vladimir putin didn t attend, saying he didn t have time. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. in the columned hall of moscow s house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state, a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour but no state funeral. a sign that vladimir putin fuzz mccrimmon has little interest in honouring mikhail gorbachev s legacy. vladimir putin didn t even come today. many russians blame mikhail gorbachev of
our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state, a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the last leader of the soviet union had not been honoured with a full state funeral. a sign that today s kremlin has little interest in guarding mr gorbachev s legacy. many russians blame gorbachev for the fall of the ussr, the collapse of their superpower. and yet out on the streets muscovites were queueing up to pay their respects. gorbachev had given many here their first taste of freedom and democracy. in today s russia, both of those things are under attack.