“I express my sincere words of support for this wonderful artist, on whose work several generations have grown up.

Leonid Vyacheslavovich is a stubborn person, strong in spirit, strong-willed, and I want to believe that these qualities will help him cope with his illness as soon as possible and return to his usual life, ”said Bastrykin, his words are quoted on the website of the Investigative Committee.

He called Kuravlev a unique artist and the best representative of the national school of cinema.

Earlier it became known that Kuravlev was hospitalized in a hospital in Kommunarka with pneumonia.