“A decision was made to bury Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov at the Novodevichy cemetery on the basis of an appeal from his relatives,” Interfax quotes her.

The date of burial will be determined by relatives of the former head of the city, Penkova added.

On December 10, the former mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, died at the 84th year of his life in Germany.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin expressed condolences on the death of Yuri Luzhkov.