Putin expressed condolences over the death of writer Kurbatov

The corresponding telegram was published on the Kremlin website.

“Please accept my sincere condolences and words of support in connection with the death of Valentin Yakovlevich Kurbatov, a talented, extraordinary, very bright person who devoted himself to preserving and developing the best traditions of Russian literature,” the statement says.

According to him, Kurbatov did a lot to study "the creative heritage of our outstanding writers, did a lot of social work."

Earlier it became known that the writer, critic and literary critic Valentin Kurbatov died at the age of 81.

Cultural advisor to the President of Russia Vladimir Tolstoy named the possible cause of the writer's death.