Ukraine mourns a Soviet star

Ukraine mourns a Soviet star

RIP

norman lebrecht

February 24, 2023

The Georgian film and music star Vakhtang Kikabidze, popularly known as Buba, has died in a hospital in Tbilisi at the age of 84.

He was one of the most popular entertainers in the old USSR. Latterly, he was a strong supporter of Ukraine independence.

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky called him ‘the friend who has always been there, the legend we all looked up to.’

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