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The famous Russian writer and former Soviet dissident Vladimir Voinovich died of a heart attack at the age of 86, announced his relatives Saturday.
The novelist, who had been exiled for the last ten years by the Soviet authorities, was best known "Vladimir Nikolayevich (Voinovich) died," said a member of his family at the news agency TASS .
Culture Minister Vladimir Medinski praised Voinovich as "a talented writer" whose work always gave a "sharp view of reality" and helped to "strengthen freedom of expression" in Russia.
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1932 in Stalinabad, Tajikistan Soviet, Vladimir Voinovich is known for the first time as a satirical author.
Close to other dissidents of the time, he was expelled from the Union of Soviet Writers in 1974 and later He returned to exile from the Soviet Union in 1980. He returned in 1990.
Vladimir Putin gave Voinovich a state prize shortly after becoming president in 2000.
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