“Mikhail Mikhailovich was a gifted, very talented and charming person, a true Master.
His stories, aphorisms, apt word - became a symbol of an entire era.
He knew how to speak with amazing humor about serious and important things, and for this he was sincerely loved by people - both in Russia and in many other countries, ”Putin's message says.
He noted that Russia will preserve "the kindest memory" of Mikhail Zhvanetsky.
Zhvanetsky died at the age of 87.
As the pop artist Yevgeny Petrosyan noted, they say about such people "a man of the era".