Writer Eduard Bagirov has passed away

One of his friends told RT about the writer's death.

One of the sources of blogger Ilya Varlamov* reported that during the last week Eduard Bagirov was in a coma. The writer's organs all failed. On April 1, he was hospitalized with internal bleeding. 

Eduard Bagirov was born in the Turkmen SSR. After being called up for service in Ashgabat, he deserted to Russia. Since January 1994 he has lived in Moscow. He became famous thanks to the novel "Guest Worker" (2007). Last year, he became the host of the author's program "Bagirov vs" on Sputnik Radio.

Bagirov was a confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He is also known for his communication with the nationalist "Cleaver", Maxim Marcinkevich - a video was published in social networks, which depicted their conflict.

*foreign agent