“He feels normal, is not going to go to any Mausoleum ... Do not listen to anyone who escalates. Everything is fine with him, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Vinokur also said that Leshchenko was transferred to intensive care for the necessary procedure.

“He is in intensive care, because there is equipment that works with the breathing apparatus. What is bilateral pneumonia in a person who is over 70 years old? ”Added Vinokur.

Earlier it was reported that Leshchenko was transferred to intensive care for a planned procedure.

On March 24, Leshchenko and his wife were taken to a medical center in the Moscow village of Kommunarka, where they passed tests for coronavirus infection COVID-19.