In an interview with Nation News, he called the incident a national tragedy.

“If they said that there are no irreplaceable people, that's a lie.

Zhvanetsky is something never replaceable, unique, "Yakubovich said in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel.

According to him, Russia bows its heads and sighs heavily from the irreparable loss.

Zhvanetsky died at the age of 87.