Mourners pay respects as Gorbachev lies in state

Russians bid farewell to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died earlier in the week at the age of 91. Mourners filed past his coffin in the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions to pay their last respects.

The iconic mansion near the Kremlin in Moscow has served as the venue for state funerals since Soviet times. Gorbachev, whose drastic reforms helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, is set to be buried in a relatively low-key ceremony later on Saturday.