"RG" continues to recall the terrible tragedies that played out not on the screen or stage, but in the lives of actors who were very popular in their time. Most of the investigations into the deaths of actors remained unfinished. And who is to blame for their deaths is still a mystery.
Vyacheslav Titov (1971-2011)
Famous actor Vyacheslav Titov was found dead in his own apartment in December 2011.
Vyacheslav was born in Tula in 1971. The desire to become an artist appeared in his childhood. At the age of 12, young Slava began studying in the folk theater of the local cultural palace. In 1985, he was invited to two theaters at once - to the troupe of the Tula Academic Theater. M. Gorky and the Tula Regional Theater for Young Spectators.
Subsequently, Titov graduated from Voronezh state institute arts, after which he left for St. Petersburg and joined the troupe of the Academic Theater. Lensovet. And a year later he became an actor at the Moscow Academic Theater. Vl. Mayakovsky. The artist played in the plays “Long Live the Queen, Vivat!”, “How Do You Like It?”, “A Plague on Both Your Houses,” “Dead Souls” and many others.
The actor made his film debut in 1994, playing in the film “Provincial Flowers.” For the role of Adas in this film, he was awarded the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus. Then the period of series began: “Turkish March”, “Rublyovka Live”, “Adventurer”, “Ostrog. The Case of Fyodor Sechenov”, “Silent Witness”, “Hour of Volkov”, “The Witch Doctor”, “Mistress of the Taiga”, “St. John’s Wort”. He also starred as a drug dealer in the super popular TV series "Capercaillie". In total, he had more than 40 film roles.
The actor’s body was found on the morning of December 29, 2011 in his own apartment on Novorogozhskaya Street. A month later, the killer of Vyacheslav Titov was identified and put on the federal wanted list. In February, 23-year-old David Zaseev was detained in Vladikavkaz, and the very next day he admitted his guilt. He explained to investigators that, guided by personal motives, he struck Titov twice on the head with a heavy object (which he doesn’t remember, as he was under the influence of alcohol), after which he put a bag over the actor’s head and strangled him with a belt.
The court sentenced Zaseev to 9 years in prison to serve the sentence in a colony strict regime. The artist left behind a small daughter.
Bruce Lee (1940-1973)
The martial artist, American and Hong Kong film actor, film director, producer and screenwriter became a martial arts legend in the 60s and 70s of the last century.
He had a rather long, difficult and thorny path to fame. From a young age, Bruce had to prove that he was the best. He was born in San Francisco during his parents' American tour: Bruce's father was Chinese, his mother was Eurasian. The family lived mainly in Hong Kong, where little Bruce began acting in tiny roles while still a baby. As a child, Lee was a rather weak child and began to seriously engage in martial arts, in particular kung fu, only at the age of 14. But he quickly succeeded in his studies: what took others weeks, Bruce mastered in three days. He later also learned judo, jiu-jitsu and boxing. Bruce Lee began acting in American cinema in the late 60s. At first everything went with great difficulty, and then offers from producers fell one after another: films with Lee’s participation enjoyed increasing success. In 1966, Bruce moved to Los Angeles and appeared in a new television series, which became very popular in Hong Kong. At that time, the Golden Harvest film studio opened in Hong Kong itself. Bruce Lee persuaded studio director Raymond Chow to give him main role in the movie Big Boss"and allow him to stage the fight scenes himself. The risk paid off - the film was an unprecedented success. Bruce Lee revolutionized the idea of martial arts in cinema. He did everything himself - without doubles. At the limit of human capabilities. Then Chow entrusted Lee to make two more films ("Fist Fury" and "Return of the Dragon"). The films were even more successful and made Lee a superstar.
He no longer belonged to himself: Bruce’s work schedule had become so busy that he no longer had enough time for his family or friends. And although all his relatives rejoiced at his success, they began to notice some oddities in the actor. His mood often deteriorated sharply, he became addicted to alcohol and kept repeating that he would not live longer than 33 years. And he was supposed to turn 33 in November 1973.
Bruce Lee did not live until November for four months. On July 20, Lee, who was working on the role with actress Betty Ting Pei, fell ill in the Hong Kong hotel room where she lived, took aspirin, fell asleep - and did not wake up. A thorough investigation was never carried out, so the rather mysterious death of the idol of the 70s caused a lot of speculation and the most fantastic versions.
So, they said that this was the revenge of the Chinese mafia group "Triad", that the actor was killed by drugs, that in fact he did not die, but hid so that his enemies would not find him, etc. And the Chinese from Chinatown generally believed that Lee is cursed. Because before him, the Chinese had never taught kung fu to Europeans - it was sacred knowledge, inaccessible to foreigners. The secrets of wrestling were preserved over the centuries; the most effective combinations remained the property of the mentor and his direct successors. Bruce replicated them all over the world, and even crossed kung fu with boxing.
Rumors about the curse were reignited when the actor's only son, Brandon, died on set after being shot in the stomach by a .44 caliber bullet. Brandon starred in the film “The Raven,” which was about a dead man who rises from the grave to take revenge on his killers (according to Chinese beliefs, the raven symbolizes the death that awaits a person). Something really bad happened on the set: one of the actors received severe burns, another seriously injured his hand, a journalist writing about the film got into a car accident, and the designer went crazy. To top it all off, the hurricane destroyed the scenery... And finally, instead blank cartridge the drum turned out to be a combat one. They didn’t figure out what happened right away - the bullet pierced the spine, and the doctors couldn’t do anything. Brandon was buried next to his father.
Anna Nicole Smith (1967-2007)
American fashion model, Playboy cover girl in 1993, TV presenter, actress, widow of billionaire James Howard Marshall, Vicki Lenee Hogan, known under the pseudonym Anna Nicole Smith, was found unconscious in a Florida hotel.
The last years of her life, Anna Nicole Smith lived in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. In early February 2007, she and her last husband, Howard Stern, went to Florida on business. According to some reports, Anna spent four days - from February 5 to 8 - in bed, trying to cope with the flu. On February 8, Anna's husband Howard left on business. At this time the woman became very ill. An ambulance, which was immediately called, tried to revive the actress, but in vain, she died. According to the preliminary version, the cause of death was an overdose of analgesics or antidepressants, which Anna had abused in the last part of her life.
However, after an autopsy, it turned out that Anna Nicole Smith had a severe and advanced form of pneumonia. Against the background of general weakness of the body after the birth of a daughter, as well as several plastic surgery the disease began to progress. But what exactly led to the death - whether the pills that the woman abused or something else - remained unclear. It was also not clear why the actress, who has financial resources, was so indifferent to her health.
After Anna's death, her husband and mother could not decide where to bury her. As a result, the court had to choose the resting place. As a result, Anna Nicole Smith was buried only a month after her death - in the Bahamas next to her son from her first marriage, Daniel, who died at the age of 20, also under very strange circumstances. He died right in his mother’s hospital room, where Anna Nicole was after giving birth to her daughter. Main version death young man There was an overdose of antidepressants.
Bobby Driscoll (1937-1968)
The children's movie star, who played Jim Hawkins in the movie "Treasure Island", became a victim of "star fever".
Bobby was born in 1937 in Iowa. From childhood it was discovered that little Bobby was simply a born actor. When doctors advised the father of the future artist to a warmer climate, the family moved to Los Angeles, where they began acting career Bobby. The first film became the launching pad for many that followed - by 1948, the young actor was already earning $400 a week. Driscoll's most notable childhood roles include the Oscar-winning animated family film Song of the South, the comedy If You Knew Susie, and the family drama So Dear to My Heart. Bobby became the first child actor to sign a contract with Walt Disney Studios in 1946.
In 1949, Bobby brilliantly played in the drama "Window", and a year later appeared in the role of Jim Hawkins in "Treasure Island". His salary was unheard of for a child at that time - $1,750 a week.
But as he grew older, Bobby began to get fewer and fewer roles. And even his voice, with which he could make excellent money as a voice actor, was no longer needed by anyone. In the 50s of the century, an actor who by that time received vocational education, was content with serials. In New York, he tried to find work on Broadway, but nothing good happened here either.
They said that he was seriously addicted to drugs - they undermined his health. Bobby Driscoll died young, in 1968, at the age of 31. His body was discovered by children playing hide and seek in an abandoned building in Greenwich Village. At first they couldn’t even identify him, so they buried him in a poor grave. There was no sign on the grave indicating who was buried there. It was only when Driscoll's wife raised the alarm that an investigation was carried out and the body was exhumed and identified by fingerprints.
Bobby's cause of death was hepatitis or a heart attack. But it was never officially certified.
Elizabeth Short (1924-1947)
Elizabeth Short, nicknamed "The Black Dahlia", is the victim of an unsolved crime that occurred in the Los Angeles area in 1947. The murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth was and remains one of the most brutal and mysterious crimes committed in the United States.
The budding actress said in her last letter about wanting to better prepare for the audition. But on January 9, 1947, she disappeared from the hotel. On January 15, 1947, Elizabeth Short's body was found in an abandoned plot of land near the Los Angeles border.
The body was cut into two parts and very badly mutilated. The mouth was cut from ear to ear. The police immediately got the impression that a maniac was acting. The investigation into the murder of a young actress by the Los Angeles police with the involvement of the FBI became the longest and most extensive in the history of US law enforcement. But Elizabeth Short's killer was never found by police, and the case remains unsolved.
In 1987, the book “The Black Dahlia” by the famous detective author James Ellroy appeared. In 2006, a high-budget film adaptation of the novel under the same name was released. In Russian distribution the title was changed to "Black Orchid".
Albert Dekker (1904-1968)
Albert Van Ecke was born in Brooklyn. In 1928, taking his mother's maiden name as a pseudonym, he began participating in Broadway productions, appearing in almost two dozen plays. In 1937, Decker made his Hollywood debut in the comedy The Great Garrick.
In the 1940s, the actor starred a lot in films and on television. He was a member of the US Democratic Party, and in 1945 he was elected to the California State Assembly, where he served for the next two years.
On May 5, 1968, 62-year-old Albert Decker was found dead in his Hollywood home. He was found in the bathroom, kneeling with a noose around his neck tied to a ceiling ledge. The actor was handcuffed, syringe needles were stuck into both hands, and his eyes were blindfolded. Obscene inscriptions and drawings were found on the body. And although a large sum of money was missing from the house, the conclusion of the investigation was: “Death occurred as a result of an accident.”
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In this article we will tell you about the mysterious deaths of some Russian celebrities. These people died under mysterious circumstances and the true cause of their death has not been clarified to this day.
Vasily Shukshin
His last year life was very successful... Sergei Bondarchuk offered Shukshin the role of Lopakhin in the film “They Fought for the Motherland.” Filming began in August 1974 on the Don. By the beginning of October, Shukshin had almost completely completed the role; he only had to star in the last episode. On October 4 he was supposed to return to Moscow...
There is a version that on that fateful night a murder occurred on the ship “Danube”. After all, Vasily Makarovich never complained about his heart. Before filming, Shukshin underwent examination at the “Kremlin hospital”. According to the testimony of some members of the film crew, a day or two before the actor’s death, a certain man appeared on the set where the film “They Fought for the Motherland” was filmed. stranger. And no one knew where he came from and for what purpose he hung around there. And he disappeared immediately after the death of Vasily Makarovich.
Zoya Fedorova
On December 11, 1981, 71-year-old actress Zoya Fedorova was shot in the back of the head in her three-room apartment No. 243, building 4/2 on Kutuzovsky Prospekt. The murder has still not been solved. Among his possible motives are the actress’s alleged involvement in secret KGB operations (there were rumors about the KGB’s involvement in the murder) and her connection with the so-called “diamond mafia,” which consisted mainly of relatives of high-ranking Soviet officials and was engaged in the purchase and resale of jewelry and antiques.
Victor Tsoi
On August 15, 1990, at 12:15 p.m., on the 35th km of the Soka-Talsi highway (Latvia), a dark blue Moskvich-2141 car collided with an Ikarus-280 regular bus. The driver of the Moskvich was the famous musician, leader of the Kino group Viktor Tsoi.
The official version: “the car was moving along the highway at a speed of at least 130 km/h, the driver Viktor Robertovich Tsoi lost control. Death of V.R. Tsoi came instantly...”
From the case materials:
“Ikarus-250” drifted off the road into the small river Teitupe, behind the bridge... The driver J. K. Fibiks, who works at the Tallinn branch of Latselkhoztehnika, escaped with minor bruises and fright. Before that, he took a tourist group to the airport and was returning back.
The new Moskvich-2141 Ya6832 MM was thrown 18 meters towards the bridge by a powerful blow. Only the rear bumper remained intact. Upon examination, it is noticeable that the impact on the car occurred from left to right, front to back. Apparently, the front bumper of the Ikarus went over the hood of the Moskvich straight into the cabin. The steering wheel is bent on the driver's side, the seats are knocked down, and the front panel is broken. The hood flew off, everything else was crushed."
A forensic medical examination showed that no alcohol was found in the blood of the deceased. Death occurred as a result of an accident from multiple injuries to the body. No criminal case was initiated “due to the lack of corpus delicti in the actions of the drivers.” And, therefore, forensic, investigative and other examinations were not carried out.
Mike Naumenko
In August 1991, Mike Naumenko, the leader of the Zoo group, was found dead in his room in a communal apartment on Razyezzhaya Street: the cause of his death was a fracture of the base of the skull. Doctors determined that death occurred on August 27, 1991 from a cerebral hemorrhage.
The circumstances of his death remain largely mysterious. As rock journalist N. Kharitonov wrote: “With Tsoi, at least, everything was clear - if not in essence, then in form - how everything happened. Mike... just disappeared without leaving any traces.”
The drummer of the Zoo group, Valery Kirilov, expressed a different point of view: according to him, Mike Naumenko really died from a cerebral hemorrhage, but it did not occur due to natural causes, but due to a fracture of the base of the skull as a result of a brutal blow dealt to him in the yard in time of robbery. This is evidenced by the loss of Mike Naumenko’s personal belongings.
There is also testimony from one teenager who allegedly saw Mike being lifted from the ground in the yard. After the attack, Mike did not die on the spot, but managed to go to his home, but there he completely weakened and lay unconscious for a long time, unnoticed by anyone in the communal apartment. When his loved ones finally found him and called an ambulance, it was already too late.
Alexey Rybin, producer of Mike Naumenko’s album of songs “MIKE Period Park,” had his own version: “Alcohol is to blame, of course. The night before his death, Vasin drank heavily. Mike was ill, in very serious condition, with a black face. In this state, falling with the back of your head on the asphalt is easy. Mike suffered a fracture of the base of his skull - a typical alcoholic death when a deeply intoxicated person falls on his back.”
Igor Talkov
Igor Talkov was killed on October 6, 1991. It all happened in the St. Petersburg Yubileiny Sports Palace: the singer was shot right outside the dressing room as a result of a brawl with his concert director Valery Shlyafman and Igor Malakhov. The second possible suspect in the singer’s murder, Shlyafman, now lives in Israel. The criminal investigation into Talkov’s death was suspended several years ago, but was not closed.
During the investigation into Talkov's murder, his administrator Valery Shlyafman became one of the main suspects along with Aziza's bodyguard Igor Malakhov, who started a shootout on October 6, 1991. After a series of examinations, the investigation came to the conclusion that the last, fatal shot was fired from Shlyafman’s pistol.
The funeral of the legendary musician, who died at the peak of his fame, was crowded. The burial to this day is a place of pilgrimage for connoisseurs of his work, and much mystical is associated with the grave itself, as with Talkov’s life.
Igor Sorin
According to the official version, Igor Sorin, the ex-soloist of the Ivanushki-International group, jumped from the sixth floor balcony of the Cosmos studio. At 7.10 am Igor was taken to the 71st city hospital. Doctors found a fracture of the first and fifth cervical vertebrae, bruised kidneys, complete paralysis of the lower body, and partial paralysis of the arms. The decision was made to operate. The operation was successful, but the artist’s heart could not stand it, and on September 4, the artist died.
Meanwhile, in July 2013, Andrei Grigoriev-Appolonov told in an interview with Evgeny Dodolev (Moscow-24 channel) that in fact there was a manslaughter: Igor’s neck was accidentally broken and then thrown out of the window to hide the circumstances of his death . Grigoriev-Apollonov clarified that he visited Sorin in the hospital - he was still conscious. “He had no bruises. Can you fall from the seventh floor without bruises? – “red-haired Ivanushka” continued. “Some karateka just broke his neck.” In this regard, on August 29, 2013, State Duma deputy Nadezhda Shkolkina sent a request to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yu. Chaika with a request to conduct an investigation into the circumstances of the death of the former lead singer of the group “Ivanushki - International” Igor Sorin.
Mikhail Krug
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 2002, Krug’s house in the village of Mamulino (Tver microdistrict) was attacked. In addition to the singer, there were four more people in the house - his wife, mother-in-law and children. The door of the three-story house was open.
Two unknown intruders entered the third floor of the house approximately between 23:00 and 0:15, where they found Krug's mother-in-law and attacked her, causing her bodily harm. Mikhail Krug and his wife Irina came running to the woman’s screams. The criminals opened fire with pistols. Irina managed to hide with her neighbors, and Mikhail received two severe gunshot wounds, after which he lost consciousness for a while. The criminals fled the crime scene. Having come to his senses, Krug managed to get to the house of neighbor Vadim Rusakov, where his wife was hiding. Rusakov took him to Tver City Hospital No. 6. Meanwhile, the called police arrived and “ ambulance", who discovered his wounded mother-in-law in Krug's house. The children of the Circle were not harmed, as they were sleeping when the crime was committed. Mikhail Krug himself, despite the efforts of doctors, died on the morning of July 1.
The farewell funeral service was held on July 3 at 10 a.m. at the Tver Drama Theater. The funeral was attended by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Alexander Semchev, Efrem Amiramov, Katya Ogonyok, the Zhemchuzhny brothers, Vika Tsyganova, many leaders of the Tver region, including its governor, Vladimir Platov. The funeral procession of cars stretched for several kilometers. After the funeral service in the Resurrection Cathedral in Tver, Krug was buried in the Dmitrovo-Cherkassky cemetery.
Various versions of the murder were built. For example, producer Vadim Tsyganov suggested that this could be an attempted robbery. Shortly before the murder, Krug recorded an album under the working title “Tverichanka” (later released under the name “Confession”), for which he was supposed to receive a fee any day. This version was rejected by those who believed that Krug was sincerely respected in criminal circles, but it was this version that was the most popular at the beginning of the investigation. According to another version, Krug became the victim of a planned, and possibly contracted, murder.
Murat Nasyrov
According to the official version, Murat Nasyrov committed suicide. The prosecutor's office completed the investigation into the singer's death and, having found no evidence confirming the violent nature of his death, closed the case. On January 19, 2007, the singer jumped from the fifth floor, wearing a camera around his neck and clutching his own portrait to his chest.
The singer’s relatives stated: “For us, Murat’s death is still a mystery. But we know for sure: he definitely did not intend to die. But they could have pushed him to do this!..
Murat could have been poisoned, says the singer’s brother. - This is our family's assumption. Three hours before the incident, he was sitting in a group, everyone was drinking a cocktail. Murat also drank. Then he left, and the girl Kristina from the company felt bad after the cocktail, she doesn’t even remember what happened to her next... And Murat came home...
From the brother’s story: “They show that Murat called Baglan Sadvakasov’s close friend from home: “Zhanna, everything is fine.” Do you know that he called from Natasha’s cell phone (the singer’s wife - approx.), which was at home? But Natasha herself was not at home. When those events happened to Murat that he allegedly had an attack and wanted to commit suicide, they said that his daughter allegedly sent a message to her mother on her cell phone, but it turns out that she had a cell phone at home!”
"He was going to go somewhere. What happened, why did he dress so nicely? And then, where is that camera that they are all talking about?.. And then the fact itself: who saw that Murat fell from the window? It’s hard to understand the real reason find out. Murat took everything with him. But I am convinced: there was no suicide or accident."
Roman Trakhtenberg
The death of the famous showman, successful television and radio host Roman Trakhtenberg struck all his colleagues, close friends and the public. Roman Trakhtenberg was 41 years old, he said about himself that he had never been sick. On November 20, 2009, during a live broadcast of the “Trakhty-Bakhty” program on Mayak, he suddenly became ill. His co-host Lena Batinova recalls: “When some song was on air, Roma said: “Batinova, I feel bad...” I took him to the window so that he could breathe fresh air. The editors called an ambulance, but it never managed to take Roma to the hospital.”
According to the official conclusion of specialists, Trachtenberg died due to acute cardiovascular failure and coronary disease heart, he also had liver problems. Experts explained that the causes of death were obvious: Trachtenberg had a weak heart. An average dose of alcohol was found in Roman’s blood; there were no traces of drugs.
Before his death, Roman often spoke on air about constant dreams in which he invariably died. Just a few hours before the tragedy, in his last live broadcast, he pathetically noted: “I want to die on stage...”.
Vladimir Turchinsky
Vladimir Turchinsky died on December 16, 2009 in his country house in the village of Pashukovo, Noginsk district. According to experts, Turchinsky’s death occurred as a result of acute coronary insufficiency. Upon the death of Vladimir Turchinsky, investigators checked the medical institutions where he was observed for the last six months of his life. One of the clinics that was checked first was a hospital in the Begovaya area, where Dynamite performed a blood purification procedure.
His friends said: “Volodya was supposed to stay in the clinic for 24 hours after the transfusion, but instead he immediately went home to spend the night. And cardiac arrest began in a dream: if it had happened during the day or in a hospital, the person could still have been saved. His health was crazy... All because of this rejuvenation.”
Vladislav Galkin
On February 27, 2010, at about 14:00, Vladislav Galkin was found dead in a Moscow apartment. The day before, the actor’s father sounded the alarm, telling a family friend that Vladislav had not been in touch for more than a day. Friends arrived at the actor’s apartment, but no one answered the doorbell. The rescue team was called and opened the apartment door at 14:07. According to varying reports, the actor’s body was found in bed, or on the floor, he was lying face down.
At primary external inspection The body showed no signs of violent death. An examination showed that the actor died approximately two to three days before the discovery of the body, and the cause of death was named acute heart failure with cardiac arrest. The death certificate lists the cause as “cardiomyopathy (sudden cardiac arrest).”
In the program “Man and the Law,” Vladislav Galkin’s father, actor Boris Galkin, provided facts on the basis of which one can make an assumption about deliberate murder. So, on February 19, Vladislav Galkin withdrew $136,000 from the bank, which he intended to spend on renovations in an apartment purchased after separating from his wife. According to his father, the actor kept money at home (which the alleged customers and perpetrators of the crime might have known about); in addition, SMS messages containing threats were sent to Galkin Jr.’s phone, and a few days after the visit to the bank, bruises appeared on the actor’s face.
According to Boris Galkin, abrasions and bruises were visible on the body of the already dead actor and during the initial medical examination immediately after the discovery of the corpse. The amount indicated by Galkin Sr. was not found during the search of the apartment. The father was also embarrassed by the presence of a bottle of cognac and a bag in the room next to the body. tomato juice: After Vladislav was diagnosed with pancreatitis, he stopped drinking alcohol and went on a diet. Boris Galkin’s version is also supported by a family friend, doctor Mikhail Zakharov, who suggests that the characteristic bruises and hemorrhage indicate death as a result of strangulation
Alexander Belyavsky
On September 8, 2012, in the center of Moscow, he died by jumping from the window of his apartment, People's Artist Alexander Belyavsky. The performer of the role of Fox in the Soviet TV series “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” died on the spot as a result of hitting the ground, law enforcement agencies reported.
According to preliminary data, the 80-year-old actor jumped out of a window on the landing between the fifth and sixth floors of a residential building. At the same time, he lived on the second floor and, after suffering a stroke, had difficulty moving. Eldest daughter actor Nadezhda claims that even if he could climb the stairs to the fifth floor on his own, it is unlikely that he could climb onto the windowsill. She is absolutely sure that her father’s death was a tragic accident. He could have fallen out of the window due to heart problems.
Andrey Panin
On March 7, 2013, Andrei Panin was found dead in an apartment on Balaklavsky Avenue. The cause of death was initially listed as an accident. The actor was found lying on the floor in his apartment, and experts initially believed that he fell from a height own growth and hit his head.
However, some time later, forensic experts came to the conclusion that the artist was severely beaten before his death. The actor suffered multiple fractures of the vault and base of the skull, a severe brain contusion, abrasions on his knuckles and bruises on his knees. Strange sounds and groans were also heard by neighbors who did not pay due attention to them.
“They beat me with hard, blunt objects. Wooden legs from stools and chairs. And also in bottles,” experts say. They said that in Panin’s wounds they found glass shards that got there during the blows. Panin also had at least three serious wounds on his head.
A close friend of the artist, Boris Polunin, stated that at the time Panin’s body was found, the entire apartment was covered in blood. “There was blood in all the rooms,” he said. According to him, Andrei Panin was found in the kitchen, while the balcony was closed and supported by a kitchen table and chairs.
Investigators have opened a criminal case into the death of actor Andrei Panin in Moscow. The case was initiated under Part 4, Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing grievous bodily harm resulting in the death of the victim through negligence).
The mother of a girl who died under mysterious circumstances achieved justice 21 years after her daughter’s death. The body of nineteen-year-old Ilona Kargopolova was found on February 25, 1996 on an island about 50 kilometers from Omsk. Investigators turned a blind eye to the evidence, and forensic experts limited themselves to a superficial conclusion - she died of hypothermia. The girl had multiple abrasions on her face, and a bone was visible through a deep wound on her cheek. The police ignored the signs of a violent death and refused to initiate criminal proceedings against the mother of the deceased. And only at the end of last year the woman waited for the investigation to begin. In a conversation with Moskovsky Komsomolets, she spoke about the death of her daughter and many years of attempts to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Ilona’s mother, Lidia Illarionovna, does not believe the official cause of her daughter’s death - general hypothermia. She is convinced it was murder. Ilona Kargopolova worked as a nurse at a children's clinical hospital. On the day of her disappearance, the girl had a day off. stood severe frosts, and she was going to relax at home.
At about 10 am I left for work, my daughter was still sleeping. “I was tired after a 24-hour shift at the hospital,” recalls Lidiya Illarionovna. - Around four in the afternoon I returned home - my daughter was gone. There is no note either. At first I thought that she was with her brother or her friends, but at six in the evening I began to worry. I called my son: “I didn’t come.” I text my friend: “I don’t know anything. She didn’t even call me!” There was a premonition: something had happened. When Ilona didn’t come that night, I had no doubt that something bad had happened. There was never a time when she didn't spend the night at home.
Lidia Illarionovna noticed that her daughter did not take warm clothes with her - only a player, which means that someone gave the girl a lift in a car. Of all her friends, only two had a car. They both could have been involved in the girl's death.
Ilona was a modest and serious girl, she got straight A's in her studies, and after graduating from medical school she went to work in a hospital. There was no time for relationships with young people. Her closest friend was her mother. A year before the tragedy, the girl said that she and her friend met Alexander Nikolaevich Komarov. The man driving the jeep introduced himself as a businessman and said that he travels a lot for work. He made an impression on young and inexperienced girls. The truth about the new acquaintance emerged later.
He was about 40 years old. He told his daughter that he was married and raising two children. Youngest child, they say, he recently underwent surgery and needs the help of a nurse. I left my phone number. It never occurred to me to check his background! - Lidia Illarionovna complains. “Only later did I find out that he was a crime boss.
Alexander Nikolaevich Komarov was known in criminal circles under the nickname Sirota; from April 30, 1998, he was even registered with the RUBOP as a probable member of an organized crime group. He had a weapon with him and served eight years for brutal rape.
The second acquaintance with the car, Vadim Ivanovich Veselovsky, drove up to Ilona with her girlfriends in a service Volga: “Girls, we’re on our way, let’s give me a lift!” He wasn't completely honest with the girls either.
He told his daughter that he had recently had a child, who also supposedly had health problems. I asked if she could help. Later, his wife told me that they had their own medical friends, so they did not need Ilona’s services.
Shortly before Ilona’s disappearance, he offered the girl a ride, but she refused. When her daughter did not return to spend the night, the worried mother called Komarov. The number turned out to be fictitious. The woman rushed to the police to write a statement to search for her missing daughter, but she was turned down. The girl's passport details were required, and the document, which was always in a visible place, disappeared with her. Two years later, he will be found after Lydia Illarionovna moves to a new apartment.
After submitting my application to the police, 5 days passed - they did not take an explanation from me,” she is indignant. - Nobody came and was not interested. The neighbors were not interviewed. No action and not the slightest interest! I went to the head of the police department with a complaint that nothing was being done: neither Ilona’s notes nor her diaries were taken. She unsuccessfully sought to have her daughter’s disappearance announced on the Irtysh State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. But Ilona’s photo appeared only on a commercial television channel.
The woman shared her guesses with the investigator. She suspected two people - Komarov and Veselovsky. They were not detained - they were asked if they were involved in the girl’s disappearance and were released. The woman was refused to initiate a criminal case. she endlessly wrote complaints, went to psychics and journalists. In February 1996, her daughter was found dead. Teenagers were walking near the village of Chernoluchye in search of brushwood for rabbits. On the banks of the Irtysh they saw Ilona's down jacket. On February 25, 1996, the task force left to inspect the island.
It was my daughter. I immediately recognized her at the morgue. The investigator wrote that she came to the island herself. She couldn’t get there herself, 50 km from the city, in thirty-degree frost! They brought her there dead. A morgue orderly named Michal handed me Ilona’s bloody clothes right on the threshold. I was confused: “Why are you giving it to me? Will there not be an examination? He replied: “That’s what they told me!” I kept things on the balcony, and then forced the investigator to take them away. They were returned to me in 1998 after a biological examination...
There was a white spot with a dent on the girl’s forehead. There were abrasions on the face, and near the earlobe on the right cheek there was a deep wound through which bone was gaping. Forensic experts came to the conclusion that Ilona died from hypothermia, and the scratches were not fatal, which means they have nothing to do with the case. The wound near the ear was attributed to the bite of a wild animal after the girl’s death. There was no saliva or teeth marks of the beast left. The girl's clothes were covered in blood, but the cause of the bleeding was not determined. The injection mark on the girl’s right forearm did not attract the attention of the investigation either.
The cause of death turned out to be extremely convenient. An accident instead of a complicated murder in which a crime boss might have been involved. Therefore, the initiation of a criminal case was refused due to the absence of a crime.
The mother of the deceased was left with many uncomfortable questions and she was not going to give up. An activist and member of the Human Rights Committee of the Omsk Region, she always helped others. It's time to stand up for yourself. At the end of 1997, the prosecutor of the investigation supervision department canceled the decision to refuse to initiate a criminal case, and two months later Lidiya Illarionovna received a new refusal. This happened several times.
A lot has happened during this time. In 1998, Alexander Komarov was shot, and Vadim Veselovsky moved to live in Germany in 2007. In 2015, the head of the forensic department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Omsk Region canceled the decision to refuse to initiate a criminal case, but it was soon closed again.
Lidia Illarionovna did not reconcile herself and continued to fight against the failed law enforcement system. At the end of December 2017, she managed to get an appointment with the commission of the central office of the Investigative Committee of Russia. The woman was finally heard. 21 years after Ilona’s death, a criminal case was opened. In February, the task force went to the island where the girl died. Lydia Illarionovna went with them.
It is unlikely that Ilona was transported from the right bank, because there are always people there. But the investigators stubbornly did not go to the left bank, worries Lydia Illarionovna, who has already explored all the approaches to the island. - We only left on February 14, but we still didn’t reach the scene of the incident, although there were 800 meters left. I saw the road, there is a hunting ground there, and the killers were hunters. They had officially registered weapons.
The woman is afraid that the investigation will again be formal. The chances of finding the killer after so many years are slim, but Lydia Illarionovna hopes to find out what really happened on that fateful day. She has earned this right through 21 years of struggle.
A little later, Father Yuri was informed that Alexander had died on the way home to Sibay. The father had to go to the Vladimir region to pick up his son’s body; they reported that the guy had been in an accident. However, the father was convinced that his son was killed! The injuries on the body showed signs of violence; my father served in Afghanistan and knew very well what a head looked like from a bullet wound. The son's legs dangled as if they were attached by threads. Most likely he was tortured.
Parents were dying of grief; Alexander was an only child. The body of the young man was given to his parents with one condition: to sign papers confirming the official version of the cause of death.
They took everything out, including the cologne.
Sasha had already been buried, but his parents were still haunted by thoughts about the circumstances of his death only son. Soon, inexplicable situations began to occur.
When Sasha’s parents arrived at Sasha’s apartment, they noticed that someone had already been there before them. Everything was taken out of the apartment, even shampoo and cologne. The parents immediately remembered the money that had been set aside to buy an apartment; when they contacted the bank, they were told that the money had already been cashed out. Cashed out millions!
According to the bank statement, they found out that the money was withdrawn after Sasha’s death
Nobody believed the poor parents that their son was killed. Then they had to exhume the body, such a step was painful for the parents.
Stealing from the grave
The exhumation has not yet begun, but it was possible to find out that the body of the young guy was not in the grave.
When the parents arrived at the cemetery, they saw something terrible. The grave was carelessly covered with earth, puddles, wreaths were scattered, the coffin itself was turned over, and the cross was at the head, but the son was buried according to Orthodox rules, when the cross was at the feet of the deceased. There was no body in the coffin. Who needs to steal a body from a coffin? Maybe someone wanted to hide criminal traces?
Suspect found
Investigators from the Vladimir region are looking into the circumstances of Alexander’s strange death.
It is noteworthy that the parents were never called in for questioning. Father Yuri immediately began to suspect something was wrong.
The father says that several years ago Sasha became friends with a guy named Evgeniy. They were colleagues and one day they came to Sibay and stayed for about 10 days. Sasha considered Zhenya the brother he never had.
It turns out that Evgeniy had the key to Sasha’s apartment in Lyubertsy. And they don’t trust strangers with apartment keys. Yuri was outraged that Evgeny did not come to the funeral to say goodbye to Alexander. A little later, the friend cut off all ties with his parents, even blocked them on social networks. Is this what friends do?
Reward
In such a dramatic story, another strange thing happened. This year, a summons for interrogation was sent to Alexander from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chelyabinsk Region. Alexander, who died, was called as a witness in a criminal case.
The truth is important for parents now; they want the criminal to answer for his crimes.
Alexander’s relatives are ready to pay 500 thousand rubles to anyone who can contribute to the investigation with any details and will be grateful for the dissemination of this information.
In this article I will tell you about the mysterious deaths of some Russian celebrities.
These people died under mysterious circumstances and the true cause of their death has not been clarified to this day.
Vasily Shukshin
His last year of life was very successful... Sergei Bondarchuk offered Shukshin the role of Lopakhin in the film “They Fought for the Motherland.” Filming began in August 1974 on the Don. By the beginning of October, Shukshin had almost completely completed the role; he only had to star in the last episode. On October 4 he was supposed to return to Moscow... 
There is a version that on that fateful night a murder occurred on the Danube motor ship. After all, Vasily Makarovich never complained about his heart. Before filming, Shukshin underwent examination at the “Kremlin hospital”. According to the testimony of some members of the film crew, a day or two before the actor’s death, a stranger appeared on the set where the film “They Fought for the Motherland” was filmed. And no one knew where he came from and for what purpose he hung around there. And he disappeared immediately after the death of Vasily Makarovich.
Zoya Fedorova 
On December 11, 1981, 71-year-old actress Zoya Fedorova was shot in the back of the head in her three-room apartment No. 243, building 4/2 on Kutuzovsky Prospekt. The murder has still not been solved. Among his possible motives are the actress’s alleged involvement in secret KGB operations (there were rumors about the KGB’s involvement in the murder) and her connection with the so-called “diamond mafia,” which consisted mainly of relatives of high-ranking Soviet officials and was engaged in the purchase and resale of jewelry and antiques.
Victor Tsoi 
On August 15, 1990, at 12:15 p.m., on the 35th km of the Soka-Talsi highway (Latvia), a dark blue Moskvich-2141 car collided with an Ikarus-280 regular bus. The driver of the Moskvich was the famous musician, leader of the Kino group Viktor Tsoi. 
The official version: “the car was moving along the highway at a speed of at least 130 km/h, the driver Viktor Robertovich Tsoi lost control. Death of V.R. Tsoi came instantly...”
From the case materials:
“Ikarus-250” drifted off the road into the small river Teitupe, behind the bridge... The driver J. K. Fibiks, who works at the Tallinn branch of Latselkhoztehnika, escaped with minor bruises and fright. Before that, he took a tourist group to the airport and was returning back.
The new Moskvich-2141 Ya6832 MM was thrown 18 meters towards the bridge by a powerful blow. Only the rear bumper remained intact. Upon examination, it is noticeable that the impact on the car occurred from left to right, front to back. Apparently, the front bumper of the Ikarus went over the hood of the Moskvich straight into the cabin. The steering wheel is bent on the driver's side, the seats are knocked down, and the front panel is broken. The hood flew off, everything else was crushed." 
A forensic medical examination showed that no alcohol was found in the blood of the deceased. Death occurred as a result of an accident from multiple injuries to the body. No criminal case was initiated “due to the lack of corpus delicti in the actions of the drivers.” And, therefore, forensic, investigative and other examinations were not carried out.
Mike Naumenko 
In August 1991, Mike Naumenko, the leader of the Zoo group, was found dead in his room in a communal apartment on Razyezzhaya Street: the cause of his death was a fracture of the base of the skull. Doctors determined that death occurred on August 27, 1991 from a cerebral hemorrhage.
The circumstances of his death remain largely mysterious. As rock journalist N. Kharitonov wrote: “With Tsoi, at least, everything was clear - if not in essence, then in form - how everything happened. Mike... just disappeared without leaving any traces." 
The drummer of the Zoo group, Valery Kirilov, expressed a different point of view: according to him, Mike Naumenko really died from a cerebral hemorrhage, but it did not occur due to natural causes, but due to a fracture of the base of the skull as a result of a brutal blow dealt to him in the yard in time of robbery. This is evidenced by the loss of Mike Naumenko’s personal belongings.
There is also testimony from one teenager who allegedly saw Mike being lifted from the ground in the yard. After the attack, Mike did not die on the spot, but managed to go up to his home, but there he became completely weak and lay unconscious for a long time, unnoticed by anyone in the communal apartment. When his loved ones finally found him and called an ambulance, it was already too late.
Alexey Rybin, producer of Mike Naumenko’s album of songs “MIKE Period Park,” had his own version: “Alcohol is to blame, of course. The night before his death, Vasin drank heavily. Mike was ill, in very serious condition, with a black face. In this state, falling with the back of your head on the asphalt is easy. Mike suffered a fracture of the base of his skull - a typical alcoholic death when a deeply intoxicated person falls on his back.”
Igor Talkov 
Igor Talkov was killed on October 6, 1991. It all happened in the St. Petersburg Yubileiny Sports Palace: the singer was shot right outside the dressing room as a result of a brawl with his concert director Valery Shlyafman and Igor Malakhov. The second possible suspect in the singer’s murder, Shlyafman, now lives in Israel. The criminal investigation into Talkov’s death was suspended several years ago, but was not closed.
During the investigation into Talkov's murder, his administrator Valery Shlyafman became one of the main suspects along with Aziza's bodyguard Igor Malakhov, who started a shootout on October 6, 1991. After a series of examinations, the investigation came to the conclusion that the last, fatal shot was fired from Shlyafman’s pistol. 
The funeral of the legendary musician, who died at the peak of his fame, was crowded. The burial to this day is a place of pilgrimage for connoisseurs of his work, and much mystical is associated with the grave itself, as with Talkov’s life.
Igor Sorin 
According to the official version, Igor Sorin, the ex-soloist of the group “Ivanushki-International”, jumped from the balcony of the sixth floor of the Cosmos studio. At 7.10 am Igor was taken to the 71st city hospital. Doctors found a fracture of the first and fifth cervical vertebrae, bruised kidneys, complete paralysis of the lower body, and partial paralysis of the arms. The decision was made to operate. The operation was successful, but the artist’s heart could not stand it, and on September 4, the artist died. 
Meanwhile, in July 2013, Andrei Grigoriev-Appolonov told in an interview with Evgeny Dodolev (Moscow-24 channel) that in fact there was a manslaughter: Igor’s neck was accidentally broken and then thrown out of the window to hide the circumstances of his death . Grigoriev-Apollonov clarified that he visited Sorin in the hospital - he was still conscious. “He had no bruises. Can you fall from the seventh floor without bruises? – “red-haired Ivanushka” continued. “Some karateka just broke his neck.” In this regard, on August 29, 2013, State Duma deputy Nadezhda Shkolkina sent a request to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yu. Chaika with a request to conduct an investigation into the circumstances of the death of the former lead singer of the group “Ivanushki - International” Igor Sorin.
Mikhail Krug 
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 2002, Krug’s house in the village of Mamulino (Tver microdistrict) was attacked. In addition to the singer, there were four more people in the house - his wife, mother-in-law and children. The door of the three-story house was open.
Two unknown intruders entered the third floor of the house approximately between 23:00 and 0:15, where they found Krug's mother-in-law and attacked her, causing her bodily harm. Mikhail Krug and his wife Irina came running to the woman’s screams. The criminals opened fire with pistols. Irina managed to hide with her neighbors, and Mikhail received two severe gunshot wounds, after which he lost consciousness for a while. The criminals fled the crime scene. Having come to his senses, Krug managed to get to the house of neighbor Vadim Rusakov, where his wife was hiding. Rusakov took him to Tver City Hospital No. 6. Meanwhile, the police and ambulance were called and found his wounded mother-in-law in Krug’s house. The children of the Circle were not harmed, as they were sleeping when the crime was committed. Mikhail Krug himself, despite the efforts of doctors, died on the morning of July 1. 
The farewell funeral service took place on July 3 at 10 a.m. at the Tver Drama Theater. The funeral was attended by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Alexander Semchev, Efrem Amiramov, Katya Ogonyok, the Zhemchuzhny brothers, Vika Tsyganova, many leaders of the Tver region, including its governor, Vladimir Platov. The funeral procession of cars stretched for several kilometers. After the funeral service in the Resurrection Cathedral in Tver, Krug was buried in the Dmitrovo-Cherkassky cemetery.
Various versions of the murder were built. For example, producer Vadim Tsyganov suggested that this could be an attempted robbery. Shortly before the murder, Krug recorded an album under the working title “Tverichanka” (later released under the name “Confession”), for which he was due to receive a fee any day. This version was rejected by those who believed that Krug was sincerely respected in criminal circles, but it was this version that was the most popular at the beginning of the investigation. According to another version, Krug became the victim of a planned, and possibly contracted, murder.
Murat Nasyrov 
According to the official version, Murat Nasyrov committed suicide. The prosecutor's office completed the investigation into the singer's death and, having found no evidence confirming the violent nature of his death, closed the case. On January 19, 2007, the singer jumped from the fifth floor, wearing a camera around his neck and clutching his own portrait to his chest. 
The singer’s relatives stated: “For us, Murat’s death is still a mystery. But we know for sure: he definitely did not intend to die. But they could have pushed him to do this!..
“Murat could have been poisoned,” says the singer’s brother. - This is our family's assumption. Three hours before the incident, he was sitting in a group, everyone was drinking a cocktail. Murat also drank. Then he left, and the girl Kristina from the company felt bad after the cocktail, she doesn’t even remember what happened to her next... And Murat came home...
From the brother’s story: “They show that Murat called Baglan Sadvakasov’s close friend from home: “Zhanna, everything is fine.” Do you know that he called from Natasha’s cell phone (the singer’s wife - approx.), which was at home? But Natasha herself was not at home. When those events happened to Murat that he allegedly had an attack and wanted to commit suicide, they said that his daughter allegedly sent a message to her mother on her cell phone, but it turns out that she had a cell phone at home!”
“He was going to go somewhere. What happened, why did he dress so nicely? And then, where is that camera that they are all talking about?.. And then the fact itself: who saw that Murat fell from the window? The real reason is difficult to know. Murat took everything with him. But I am convinced: there was no suicide or accident.”
Roman Trakhtenberg 
The death of the famous showman, successful television and radio host Roman Trakhtenberg struck all his colleagues, close friends and the public. Roman Trakhtenberg was 41 years old, he said about himself that he had never been sick. On November 20, 2009, during a live broadcast of the “Trakhty-Bakhty” program on Mayak, he suddenly became ill. His co-host Lena Batinova recalls: “When some song was on air, Roma said: “Batinova, I feel bad...” I took him to the window so that he could get some fresh air. The editors called an ambulance, but it never managed to take Roma to the hospital.”
According to the official conclusion of experts, Trachtenberg died due to acute cardiovascular failure and coronary heart disease, and he also had liver problems. Experts explained that the causes of death were obvious: Trachtenberg had a weak heart. An average dose of alcohol was found in Roman’s blood; there were no traces of drugs.
Before his death, Roman often spoke on air about constant dreams in which he invariably died. Just a few hours before the tragedy, in his last live broadcast, he pathetically noted: “I want to die on stage...”.
Vladimir Turchinsky 
Vladimir Turchinsky died on December 16, 2009 in his country house in the village of Pashukovo, Noginsk district. According to experts, Turchinsky’s death occurred as a result of acute coronary insufficiency. Upon the death of Vladimir Turchinsky, investigators checked the medical institutions where he was observed for the last six months of his life. One of the clinics that was checked first was a hospital in the Begovaya area, where Dynamite performed a blood purification procedure.
His friends said: “Volodya was supposed to stay in the clinic for 24 hours after the transfusion, but instead he immediately went home to spend the night. And cardiac arrest began in a dream: if it had happened during the day or in a hospital, the person could still have been saved. His health was crazy... All because of this rejuvenation.”
Vladislav Galkin 
On February 27, 2010, at about 14:00, Vladislav Galkin was found dead in a Moscow apartment. The day before, the actor’s father sounded the alarm, telling a family friend that Vladislav had not been in touch for more than a day. Friends arrived at the actor’s apartment, but no one answered the doorbell. The rescue team was called and opened the apartment door at 14:07. According to varying reports, the actor’s body was found in bed, or on the floor, he was lying face down. 
During the initial external examination of the body, no signs of violent death were found. An examination showed that the actor died approximately two to three days before the discovery of the body, and the cause of death was named acute heart failure with cardiac arrest. The death certificate lists the cause as “cardiomyopathy (sudden cardiac arrest).”
In the program “Man and the Law,” Vladislav Galkin’s father, actor Boris Galkin, provided facts on the basis of which one can make an assumption about deliberate murder. So, on February 19, Vladislav Galkin withdrew $136,000 from the bank, which he intended to spend on renovations in an apartment purchased after separating from his wife. According to his father, the actor kept money at home (which the alleged customers and perpetrators of the crime might have known about); in addition, SMS messages containing threats were sent to Galkin Jr.’s phone, and a few days after the visit to the bank, bruises appeared on the actor’s face.
According to Boris Galkin, abrasions and bruises were visible on the body of the already dead actor and during the initial medical examination immediately after the discovery of the corpse. The amount indicated by Galkin Sr. was not found during the search of the apartment. The father was also embarrassed by the presence of a bottle of cognac and a packet of tomato juice in the room next to the body: after Vladislav was diagnosed with pancreatitis, he stopped drinking alcohol and went on a diet. Boris Galkin’s version is also supported by a family friend, doctor Mikhail Zakharov, who suggests that the characteristic bruises and hemorrhage indicate death as a result of strangulation
Alexander Belyavsky 
On September 8, 2012, in the center of Moscow, People's Artist Alexander Belyavsky died by jumping from the window of his apartment. The performer of the role of Fox in the Soviet TV series “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” died on the spot as a result of hitting the ground, law enforcement agencies reported.
According to preliminary data, the 80-year-old actor jumped out of a window on the landing between the fifth and sixth floors of a residential building. At the same time, he lived on the second floor and, after suffering a stroke, had difficulty moving. The actor's eldest daughter Nadezhda claims that even if he could climb the stairs to the fifth floor on his own, it is unlikely that he could climb onto the windowsill. She is absolutely sure that her father’s death was a tragic accident. He could have fallen out of the window due to heart problems.
Andrey Panin 
On March 7, 2013, Andrei Panin was found dead in an apartment on Balaklavsky Avenue. The cause of death was initially listed as an accident. The actor was found lying on the floor in his apartment, and experts initially believed that he fell from his own height and hit his head.
However, some time later, forensic experts came to the conclusion that the artist was severely beaten before his death. The actor suffered multiple fractures of the vault and base of the skull, a severe brain contusion, abrasions on his knuckles and bruises on his knees. Strange sounds and groans were also heard by neighbors who did not pay due attention to them. 
“They beat me with hard, blunt objects. Wooden legs from stools and chairs. And also in bottles,” experts say. They said that in Panin’s wounds they found glass shards that got there during the blows. Panin also had at least three serious wounds on his head.
A close friend of the artist, Boris Polunin, stated that at the time Panin’s body was found, the entire apartment was covered in blood. “There was blood in all the rooms,” he said. According to him, Andrei Panin was found in the kitchen, while the balcony was closed and supported by a kitchen table and chairs.
Investigators have opened a criminal case into the death of actor Andrei Panin in Moscow. The case was initiated under Part 4, Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing grievous bodily harm resulting in the death of the victim through negligence).
