"A wonderful film director and screenwriter, artistic director of the Yeralash children's film magazine, beloved by many generations of viewers of our country, Honored Art Worker of Russia Boris Yuryevich Grachevsky, has passed away," TASS quoted a telegram.

According to Lyubimova, Grachevsky "was an outstanding organizer, not indifferent and enthusiastic person."

Boris Grachevsky, previously hospitalized with coronavirus, died at the age of 72 on January 14.