This photo taken on February 17, 2010 shows Abkhazian author Fazil Iskander during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow. Soviet writer Fazil Iskander, whose works are known for their humourous descriptions of daily life in the Caucasus and satirical take on society under Communism, died on on July 31, 2016 aged 87. / AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA