The funeral service is held in the assembly hall of the building of the Twelve Colleges of the university. The head of state laid burgundy roses at the coffin, talked with relatives and colleagues of Verbitskaya.
The funeral service will take place in the church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, and the funeral at the Northern Cemetery.
Linguist-Russianist died on November 24 at the 84th year of life.
According to the press secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, her death was a great loss for Putin.