The wife of comedian Evgeny Petrosyan confirmed his hospitalization.

Tatiana Brukhunova, the wife of TV presenter and comedian Evgeny Petrosyan, confirmed the information about her husband's hospitalization on March 8.

"Yes, indeed, Evgeny Vaganovich [Petrosyan] is in the hospital," she said in a video message on the Instagram social network (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist in Russia and banned).

However, she noted that the information that Petrosyan was in critical condition in intensive care is not true.

"Everything is in normal mode," Brukhunova said.

The comedian's hospitalization was announced by the Telegram channel 112. It was clarified that Petrosyan's health deteriorated in the morning when he was at home in Moscow.