RIA Novosti informs about this with reference to the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.

"Preliminary information: the 8th, the House of Cinema, a large hall, at 11:00," the union said.

Russian director, actor and screenwriter Vladimir Menshov died at the age of 82 due to the consequences of coronavirus infection.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian leader Vladimir Putin deeply condolences to the family of the director.

Actress Raisa Ryazanova, who played the role of Tony in Menshov's film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears," in an interview with FAN admitted that she was shocked by the news of the director's death.