[HIGHLIGHTS] “A whole era is associated with his name”: People’s Artist of the RSFSR Alexander Shirvindt died

Alexander Shirvindt, president of the Moscow Academic Satire Theater, has died at the age of 90. Russian President Vladimir Putin, theater and film artists expressed condolences over the passing of the famous cultural figure.

“A whole era is associated with his name”: People’s Artist of the RSFSR Alexander Shir vindt died. “Misha, the son of Alexander Anatolyevich, called me - he died in the hospital half an hour ago. I don’t know yet how and what we will do,” Sergei Gazarov, artistic director of the Satire theater, said.