Yuri Luzhkov died during the operation
In Munich, at the age of 84, former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who played one of the key roles in supporting the Russian movement in Crimea in the 1990s, died after heart surgery.
Luzhkov's death was officially confirmed by the current mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Luzhkov was treated in a Munich clinic and died during heart surgery.
Luzhkov became mayor of the capital in June 1992 and led Moscow for 18 years.
The capital's mayor was also remembered for his assistance to Crimea. So, in the 90s, he provided active assistance to the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, housing for military personnel was built at the expense of Moscow money, and a branch of Moscow State University was built.
Luzhkov publicly stated that Crimea and Sevastopol should be returned to Russia, for which the SBU repeatedly imposed a ban on him visiting the peninsula.
“225 years ago, Catherine, understanding the state interests of Russia, conquered Crimea, recaptured Sevastopol, formed this city, and now we, drunkenly, with one stroke of the pen, took and gave away Crimea and Sevastopol when we divided the country,” Luzhkov said then, calling for restoration of justice.
The ex-mayor of Moscow also received the title of honorary resident of Tiraspol - in the 2000s, Luzhkov supported Transnistria after the unrecognized republic was blockaded by Ukraine and Moldova.
Election advertising in Sevastopol 2016. Luzhkov on a poster in support of the Communist Party candidate Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov
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