In Yekaterinburg, a monument to director Alexei Balabanov was unveiled near the Youth Palace. According to local media, hundreds of city residents came to the ceremony, as well as Russian Presidential Envoy to the Ural Federal District Artem Zhoga, director Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian Presidential Assistant Vladimir Medinsky, founder of the Chaif ​​group Vladimir Shakhrin, actor Alexey Chadov, director and producer Sergei Selyanov, as well as Balabanov’s first wife Irina and son Fedor.