Died TV presenter Alexei Begak

This was reported to TASS by actor Leonid Yarmolnik.

“Yes, it happened today.

Leshenka was gone.

This is my close friend, I don’t even know what to say,” he said.

As the agency points out, information about the death of the host had previously appeared on the Watch platform, owned by the VGTRK media holding.

“We regret to inform you that today, at the age of 63, the artist, the host of the programs of the Russia-Culture TV channel, Alexei Begak, died,” the message said.

In January, it was reported that journalist and TV presenter Mikhail Zelensky died at the age of 46.

He died while on vacation in the Dominican Republic.