Poet, writer and social activist Lev Rubenstein, age 76, succumbed to injuries sustained when he was hit by a car in a Moscow intersection on Jan. 8. The poet's death was reported Sunday by his daughter, Maria, who wrote on LiveJournal, "My Papa, Lev Rubenstein, died today." Social media and Russian independent media were flooded with memorials to Rubenstein.
Poet, writer and social activist Lev Rubenstein, age 76, succumbed to injuries sustained when he was hit by a car in a Moscow intersection on January 8. It was reported by his daughter, Maria, who wrote on LiveJournal, "My Papa, Lev Rubenstein, died today." Social media and Russian independent media were flooded with memorials to Rubenstein.
Poet, writer and social activist Lev Rubenstein, age 76, was struck by a car in a Moscow intersection on Monday and is now in Sklifosovsky Emergency Hospital.