The Criminal Investigation Department of the Russian Federation has completed the investigation into the murder of singer Igor Talkov

The Investigative Committee has completed the investigation of the murder of singer Igor Talkov against his concert manager. informed TASS, referring to the press service of the Russian Central Committee. "The main investigative department of the Russian Investigative Committee of the city of St. Petersburg has completed the investigation of the criminal case against the concert director of Igor Talkov, Valery Shlyafman. He was accused of murder and attempted murder, which was committed by a common dangerous means (Article 102, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the report stated. The investigation revealed that in 1991 in October, during the dispute between the accused and the representative of one of the artists, Igor Malakhov, which arose behind the scenes of the Jubilee Chamber of Commerce, Shlyafman, trying to shoot, mortally wounded Talkov with Malakhov's gun. 1992 Valery Shlyafman, who was hiding in Israel, was recognized by investigative bodies in absentia as an accused of negligent homicide. 2021 After the resumption of the criminal case, the investigators of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Russian Federation came to the conclusion, based on the collected evidence, that Shlyafman was an accomplice in the commission of a deliberate crime. more than 150 witnesses were interviewed throughout Russia, including pop artists, gym employees and police officers who were present at the scene of the accident. A number of genetic studies were carried out, the experts who performed examinations in 1991-1992 were questioned. Pieces of Shlyafman's shirt with traces of blood were seized from one of them, which were of essential importance in considering him as an accomplice to the murder," said the RF CC.