Overview
- The Big Moscow Circus press service confirmed a public farewell on January 2, 2026, at the Grand Ceremonial Hall of Moscow’s Troekurovskoye Cemetery.
- A civil memorial service will begin at 12:00 Moscow time, followed by burial at the same cemetery.
- RIA Novosti reported the arrangements based on official information from the circus press service.
- Kio was born on July 12, 1938, in Vladikavkaz, performed with his father from the 1960s, and later created his own illusion act.
- He was elected chairman of the Union of Circus Workers of Russia in 1991, and no cause of death was provided in the announcements.