Vyacheslav Volodin to attend Castro's funeral instead of Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to attend the funeral of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

According to Peskov, Putin had a busy schedule preparing for a nation address.

The speaker of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, would head the Russian delegation to the funeral, Peskov added.