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Poet, writer and social activist Lev Rubenstein, age 76, succumbed to injuries sustained when he was hit by a car in a Moscow intersection on Jan. 8. The poet's death was reported Sunday by his daughter, Maria, who wrote on LiveJournal, "My Papa, Lev Rubenstein, died today."  Social media and Russian independent media were flooded with memorials to Rubenstein.

Russian poet Lev Rubinstein, a key figure of the Soviet underground literary scene who later protested against President Vladimir Putin, has died days after being hit by a car, his daughter said

Russia: Death of Lev Rubinstein, poet and dissident, critic of the Kremlin. He was hit on January 8, 2024 by a motorist while crossing a street in Moscow, then hospitalized in a serious condition. The poet had made no secret of his views hostile to the Putin regime, denouncing political repression, human rights violations, and participating in opposition demonstrators. He signed an open letter calling the Russian army's large-scale attack on Ukraine a "criminal war" and castigating the Kremlin's "lies"

He supported the protests in Belarus.