@terrifichistory on Instagram: "On September 3, 2022, Vladimir Putin attended the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, at Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital. The ceremony was notably subdued and private, reflecting the complicated relationship between the Russian president and the man widely credited with ending the Cold War. Putin’s attendance was brief and solemn, lasting only about 15 minutes. He placed red roses on Gorbachev’s coffin but did not deliver any publ

Meeting Gorbachev