OREANDA-NEWS  Composer and producer Konstantin Meladze was afraid to return to Russia and could not visit his father's grave. Shot writes about this in Telegram.

According to the source, the producer asked his brother, singer Valery Meladze, to call him from the cemetery via video link. It is noted that the composer was driving at the time of the call. "They showed him the burial place, gave him a few words to say to the deceased, and then to talk to his relatives," the report says.

Earlier it was reported that Valery Meladze secretly flew to Russia before the start of a world tour to visit his father's grave.

In October 2024, it became known that Konstantin Meladze had lost his patronymic, Shotovich, due to the replacement of his passport with Ukrainian.