The daughter of the poet Lev Rubinstein denied information about his death – Kommersant

The daughter of the poet Lev Rubinstein, Maria, denied information about his death to Kommersant. According to the attending physician, he is in serious condition. The fact that Lev Rubinstein died in the hospital where he ended up after an accident on Obraztsova Street in Moscow was reported earlier today, January 12, by journalists Victoria Ivleva and Maria Slonim.

“Someone started some rumor that should not be believed at all. I can tell you that he is now in intensive care, he is fighting for his life there, and the doctors are helping him with this. I ask you not to believe any rumors,” she said. “Izvestia” daughter of a poet.

Journalist Victoria Ivleva, who reported the death of Lev Rubinstein on Facebook (owned by Meta, a company recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation), later deleted her post. Maria Slonim, who also disseminated information about the poet’s death, wrote: “People corrected me, citing the attending doctors, that formally Lev Rubinstein did not die, since he was breathing (with the help of life support equipment), so I am withdrawing my post.”

On January 8, the 76-year-old poet was hit by a car while crossing the road on Obraztsova Street in Moscow. After the accident of Lev Rubinstein hospitalized at the Research Institute of Emergency Medicine named after. N.V. Sklifosovsky, where he underwent surgery. On January 11, a criminal case was opened against the driver who hit Mr. Rubinstein for violating traffic rules and operating vehicles (Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).