“At the age of 76, our friend and colleague, a member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, director of feature and documentary films, Nikolai Leonidovich Maletskiy, passed away,” the message says.

The Union of Cinematographers expressed condolences to the family and friends of Maletsky.

Maletsky is the director of such films as "Escape from the Palace", "This is the game", "Let's wait, come back ...", "Melodrama with attempted murder", etc.

On May 7, it was reported that People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Kachan died at the age of 74.