Hungary’s Orbán travels to Moscow for Gorbachev’s funeral – POLITICO

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is to attend Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral in Moscow, the federal government in Budapest mentioned.

“Orbán travels to Moscow this morning to pay his respects to the late Mikhail Gorbachev,” authorities spokesperson Zoltán Kovács mentioned on Twitter on Saturday. Orbán’s delegation contains MEP Tamás Deutsch, he mentioned.

Orbán is not scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a spokesperson for the Kremlin mentioned, in accordance to reports. 

Gorbachev, the final Soviet chief, died on Tuesday on the age of 91 after an extended illness. He just isn’t receiving a state funeral.

A Kremlin spokesperson mentioned previously that Putin wouldn’t attend the funeral as his schedule didn’t permit him to be current.

Gorbachev, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, will likely be laid to relaxation in Moscow in the identical cemetery as Russia’s first president Boris Yeltsin.