Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but will miss funeral on Saturday

Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to late former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday, but is set to miss the former president's funeral on Saturday. Russian state media showed Putin placing a bouquet of red roses near Gorbachev’s open coffin and standing in silence. Putin will be on a work visit to Russia’s westernmost exclave, Kaliningrad, on Saturday.