On September 22, university student Kirill K. desecrated the grave of KVN presenter Alexander Maslyakov at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow. According to videos posted on Telegram channels, a young man in a blue sweatshirt and jeans removed a wooden cross from Maslyakov’s grave, and then tried to flee the scene on a scooter. The vandal failed to escape: he was detained by cemetery workers and handed over to law enforcement.
According to Telegram channel ShotBefore dismantling the tombstone, the young man distributed flowers and photographs of Maslyakov, and also told the cemetery visitors who tried to stop him that the KVN host “is not worthy to lie here.”
mk.ru He reported that Kirill K. had prepared in advance for the demolition of the grave – he walked around the cemetery for a while, waiting until there was no one nearby – but then he tore down the cross and took it to the wall.
According to eyewitnesses, “When the man was detained, he started shouting at the cemetery workers, saying they had no right to touch him,” the broadcast said.
Against vandalism, a criminal case was opened under the first part of Article 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which concerns desecration of the bodies and burial places of the dead. If convicted, Kirill K. faces a fine of up to 40 thousand rubles. or up to 360 hours of forced labor, or up to one year of correctional labor, or up to three months of arrest.
The version that the student committed the vandalism while under the influence of drugs has not been confirmed. Accordingly SHOTThe young man suffered from a mental disorder and “took the death of the KVN host hard.”
It was learned that the detainee was transferred to a psychiatric hospital after his interrogation on the morning of September 23.
“The man was admitted to a psychiatric hospital due to an exacerbation of his mental illness,” the report said. RIA Novosti.
The incident at Maslyakov’s grave is not the strangest of the incidents at the resting places of celebrities in recent years.
Love spell on the grave of Zhanna Friske
Grave of Zhanna Friske
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The grave of singer Zhanna Friske is one of the most visited at the Nikolo-Arkhangelskoye cemetery. In the winter of 2021, a local security guard said: “Express-Gazeta”Young girls often came to the artist’s grave and performed “strange rituals” with rose petals: “They stand there for a while, then take the petals out of their pockets and quietly throw them on the grave, thinking that it would not be noticeable.”
The cemetery attendant learned from one of the visitors that girls perform “love spells” in this way. It turned out that for the ritual, which is definitely a winter event, not only leaves are needed, but also snow from the grave of the “Bright” star.
“[Спросила]: “Where is Friske’s grave, where you can bewitch a man?” We thought she was some kind of crazy, but she said that she came from Tula for this, even showed instructions on what to do, that when the collected snow melts, you need to add it to the man’s soup. We sent this girl back to Tula, and then we remembered that it was true; every winter they come and scatter leaves,” she said.
Healing soil from Yulia Nachalova’s grave
The grave of singer Yulia Nachalova at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, 2019
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They came for a “miracle” not only to Friska, but also to Yulia Nachalova. A few days after the funeral, people began to gather at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery, claiming that the creams and water loaded on the singer’s grave had miraculous properties – they cured gout and diabetes, fought sepsis and healed wounds. Cemetery workers added fuel to the fire by telling reporters “Days.Ru”Myrrh was flowing from the oak cross on the star’s grave.
After he started talking about “miracles” on television, fans of the artist demanded his canonization, and in several regions of Russia sales Pilgrimages to Nachalova’s grave. The singer’s relatives threatened unscrupulous tour operators with legal action, and soon the “pilgrimages” to the grave came to naught. As it turned out later, the drops from the “myrrh-streaming” cross were resin released from the wood under the influence of heat.
Discos at the grave of Yuri Shatunov
Grave of Yuri Shatunov
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The grave of Yuri Shatunov from the first days after his funeral became a place of pilgrimage for fans of Tender May, but not all mourners behaved adequately at the cemetery. In July 2022, the watchman of Troekurovsky complained to reporters that the artist allowed his fans to make noise – they play Shatunov’s hits at full volume, sing and dance at the grave. The security guard was especially outraged by the visitors who came into direct contact with the artist’s resting place, and all this for the sake of a selfie.
“For example, some citizens come and take toys and letters from the grave. And some who are completely crazy literally crucify themselves. Others lie on the wreaths to take selfies,” the guard said. “YıldızHit”.
Fire at Yuri Khoy’s grave
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The consequences of the fire at the grave of Klinsky Yuri Nikolaevich (Khoya)
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The grave of the leader of the Gaza Strip group Yuri Khoy (real name – Yuri Klinskikh) in Voronezh has repeatedly been damaged by the actions of vandals: drunken brawls with songs and dances took place at the burial site, so the monument to the musician has already been changed four times. In 2015, Khoy’s daughter Irina appealed to fans of the group with a request to behave more modestly at her father’s grave – “not to quarrel and not to feast.”
“I ask my father’s fans to behave with dignity at his grave, not to make noise, and to honor his memory as a human being,” he was quoted as saying. “RIA Voronezh”.
On June 6, 2024, the Telegram channel “My and Your Voronezh” reported that a fire broke out at Khoy’s grave. The mayor’s office suggested that the cause of the fire could be an unextinguished candle or lamp, but members of the Gas Sector group expressed their belief that the fire was started by vandals.
“We really want to believe that everything that happened was an accident, but some facts suggest that the attacker(s) were behind what happened on the night of June 5-6 at the Left Bank cemetery in Voronezh,” the groups said in a statement.
Swastika on the grave of Mikhail Gorshenev
Grave of Mikhail Gorshenev
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In April 2024, vandals destroyed the grave of the leader of the rock band “Korol and Shut” Mikhail Gorshenev at the Bogoslovskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg. Accordingly “Fontanka”Unidentified people distributed flowers, broke lamps and signs, and painted a swastika with the musician’s portrait on the monument.
After the incident, KiSha fans kept watch at the cemetery for several days, and also launched a petition demanding that security cameras be installed and patrolled around Gorshenev’s grave. A few days later, their demand was granted in double volume: video surveillance systems were installed not only near Gorshka’s grave, but also over the grave of another legendary musician – the leader of the Kino group, Viktor Tsoi, who is also buried in the Bogoslovskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg.
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