Russia: Putin will not attend Fidel Castro's funeral by Maria Tsvetkova on Nov 28, 2016, 8:53 AM Advertisement
 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to attend the funeral of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. Peskov said Putin had a busy schedule preparing for a major speech. Vyacheslav Volodin, a close Putin ally and the speaker of the Russian State Duma or lower house of parliament, would head the Russian delegation to the funeral, said Peskov. SEE ALSO: Justin Trudeau walks back his comments on Fidel Castro after getting slammed for praising the dictator
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