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MOSCOW, June 14 Director Alexander Sokurov is undergoing a routine examination, his assistant Margarita Afonina said.
Earlier, the St. Petersburg media reported that Sokurov was allegedly in intensive care after heart surgery.
«This is all an absolutely planned story. There is nothing terrible. He is on a scheduled examination,» Afonina said.
The director himself answered the call, but did not comment on his condition. «Unfortunately, I can't talk to you right now,» Sokurov said.