“He remained in the recent history of Crimea as a politician, whose name is associated with an important and difficult stage in the development of our peninsula. I express my sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of Yuri Alexandrovich, ”he wrote on Facebook.
Earlier, the daughter of the first president of Crimea reported the death of Meshkov in a hospital near Moscow.
Meshkov was president of the Republic of Crimea from February 4, 1994 to March 17, 1995, after which the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine abolished this post.