Delayed reaction
The news of the death of the last General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and the first and last President of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, caused a mixed reaction from Duma politicians. On their own initiative, they considered it necessary to say some words about this and make some statements only in the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the “SR” and the Liberal Democratic Party. The leadership of the Duma and the leadership of the United Russia faction have chosen to keep silent for now.