“In the difficult years for the Chechen people, he came to Grozny and supported the construction of one of the first post-war schools. Yuri Mikhailovich was a real friend of Chechnya, helping our cultural, literary, and artistic figures. I express my sincere condolences to the family, relatives and friends of Yuri Mikhailovich, ”Kadyrov wrote in his Telegram channel.

Earlier it was reported that in Germany at the 84th year of life, the former mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, died. He was undergoing treatment in a clinic in Munich. Luzhkov served as mayor of 18 years.

Chairman of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia, artistic director of the Et Cetera theater Alexander Kalyagin, in an interview with NSN, called the death of Luzhkov a big loss for himself and the theater community.