Lev Novikov. Last interview
Lev Novikov died on November 7, 2007, from a cerebral hemorrhage (stroke).
Such a dazzling career and universal acclaim in the 1980s and 1990s. Then came illness, an AIDS diagnosis, disability, feeling unwanted, loneliness, hopelessness, death...
Shortly before his death, Oksana Pushkina recorded a video interview with him. I couldn't find the original in full or in good quality, but it's essentially the same interview.