The key facts
- Lidia Fedoseyeva-Shukshina died on November 6 at the age of 88
- The eldest daughter Anastasia Voronina-Francisco may miss the funeral due to Ukrainian citizenship — according to Olga Shukshina and SHOT reports
- The funeral service is on November 11 at the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on Uspensky Vrazhek; burial is planned at the Novodevichy Cemetery
Her sister reported possible difficulties at the border
People's Artist of the RSFSR Lidia Fedoseyeva-Shukshina died on November 6 at the age of 88. Her eldest daughter, 65-year-old Anastasia Voronina-Francisco, may not come to Moscow for the farewell: according to her sister Olga Shukshina, Anastasia may face difficulties crossing the Russian border due to her Ukrainian citizenship. This was reported by the Telegram channel SHOT, which Life.ru cites.
What is known about the actress's daughter
Olga Shukshina suggested that Anastasia would arrive in the capital only after the funeral, 'once everything settles down.' According to her, her sister has mixed feelings about the military conflict in Ukraine, and the trip is further complicated by the lack of a Russian passport. Voronina-Francisco currently lives in Hurghada, Egypt, where she bought an apartment in 2018 after selling property in Kyiv; according to SHOT, she also visits Kyiv, where her daughter Laura lives.
Biography and farewell
Anastasia was born in 1960 in Leningrad, from Fedoseyeva-Shukshina's first marriage to actor Vyacheslav Voronin. After her parents' divorce, the girl stayed with her father and his relatives in Kyiv, while her mother continued her career in Moscow; the relationship between daughter and mother remained difficult for many years, and a lasting reconciliation was never achieved. In 1998, Voronina-Francisco was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in a drug trafficking case; she was later released under an amnesty. The actress's farewell will take place on November 11: the funeral service is scheduled at the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on Uspensky Vrazhek in Moscow, and she is planned to be buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery next to Vasily Shukshin.
