In Moscow, a farewell ceremony with Joseph Kobzon was held. Some journalists were refused accreditation for the funeral
In the Tchaikovsky concert hall in Moscow, a farewell ceremony with Joseph Kobzon took place. According to Interfax , hundreds of people came to it. The ceremony was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov, mayor of the capital Sergey Sobyanin and the governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov, as well as many other representatives of the authorities and cultural figures.