Actor and director Alexander Shirvindt dies in Russia

Actor and director Alexander Shirvindt dies in Russia

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Alexander Shirvindt, a well-known Russian actor, director and former artistic director of the Russian Satire Theater, died at the age of 89 in a Moscow hospital due to heart problems.

Actor and director Alexander Shirvindt has died in a Moscow hospital at the age of 89, UNN reports citing TASS.

In 2000-2021, Shirvindt was the artistic director of the Russian Satire Theater, and in 2021 he became the president of the theater.

According to the Telegram channel Mash, the preliminary cause of death of Oleksandr Shyrvindt was heart problems.

According to Mash, in 2019, Schirwindt underwent surgery and was fitted with a pacemaker. In 2020, he suffered from pneumonia against the background of covid, and in the summer of 2022, doctors diagnosed the actor with angina pectoris.

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Schirwindt has repeatedly illegally toured the Ukrainian Crimea occupied by Russia in 2014, including in 2015. Since 2017, he has been included in the database of the Myrotvorets Center as a person who violated the state border of Ukraine and poses a threat to Ukraine's national security.