His last journey was from the cathedral, attended by Bill Clinton, George Bush senior, Sir John Major, an ashen-faced Mr Putin and others, to Novodevichy cemetery, the top burial place after the Kremlin wall.

• 这一次，他从大教堂出发，在克林顿、布什、杰以及面无表情的普金等人的护送下，前往克里姆林宫后的新处女高级公墓，完成了人生最后一段旅程。