The Kremlin is outraged: Putin will not come to the funeral of the Prime Minister of Japan!

The Kremlin said yesterday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “No, Putin does not plan to visit Japan and attend the funeral,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Japanese Vice Prime Minister Yoshihiko Isozaki said Monday that the Japanese government has notified all countries with which it has diplomatic relations, including Russia, of the date of the funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Japan’s Sankei newspaper reported on Saturday that Tokyo was leaning towards keeping Putin out of the September 27 funeral. Abe was shot dead at a campaign rally this month