The writer Slava SE died of coronavirus infection

The Latvian writer Vyacheslav Soldatenko who wrote in Russian died in Riga at the 53rd year of his life. He could be known to the general public under the pseudonym Glory SE, under which he published several books.

Soldatenko worked as a psychophysiologist in the medical examination commission at the Latvian Ministry of Internal Affairs, after he changed his profession to plumbing. He wrote humorous sketches, became a popular blogger, his texts began to be published in Russia.

He was a co -author of several scenarios, including for the remake of the Soviet picture "Gentlemen of Good luck", shot in 2012 by Alexander Baranov and Dmitry Kiselev.

According to Latvian television, the cause of the death of the author was a coronavirus infection of a new type. On June 3, he was hospitalized in one of the Riga hospitals with bilateral pneumonia.