The farewell to director Butusov will take place in Moscow, and the funeral in St. Petersburg.

The farewell to the Russian theater director Yuri Butusov will take place in Moscow, and the funeral will take place in St. Petersburg. This was announced on August 10 by the widow of the deceased Maria.

"The funeral is in St. Petersburg, the farewell is in Moscow," she clarified in an interview with TASS.

According to Maria, the director's body will be cremated. She also clarified that the date of the farewell ceremony has not yet been determined.

Actress Varvara Shmykova announced Butusov's death at the age of 64 earlier that day. Kirill Krok, director of the Vakhtangov Theater, said that the director drowned on vacation in Bulgaria with his wife and two children. In an interview with Izvestia, he called Butusov's death tragic.

According to Mikhail Zaimov, a professional diver and master of underwater photography, the most likely cause of Butusov's death could be dead waves in the Black Sea. He clarified that in such a phenomenon, rescuers hang out red flags and forbid vacationers to go far into the sea.

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