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Pasha Tekhnik was sent on his final journey in a snow-white coffin

Russian rapper Pasha Tekhnik (real name Pavel Ivlev), who died in Thailand, was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelskoye Cemetery. The snow-white coffin with the musician’s body was lowered into the grave to the applause of the assembled fans. The funeral service took place at the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, located in Moscow’s Lefortovo district.

A huge number of people came to bid farewell to the musician. Among them were many young people. The large number of people gathered led to a strong crush. As a result, riot police arrived at the church and arrests began. Against the backdrop of the unrest, Technik’s relatives asked the crowd of fans to avoid provocations and to behave more quietly .

Also during the farewell, rapper David Nuriyev, better known as Ptakha, yelled at a riot police officer in front of the Peter and Paul Cathedral. The conflict occurred because the rap artist was not allowed to say goodbye to his friend. After some time, Ptakha was allowed through.

Before the funeral service for the rapper, his director Mark Yarovny said that the last conversation with Tekhnik was negative. He admitted that he did not want to remember it. Yarovny also recalled the musician’s performance in St. Petersburg. According to him, the concert was the last most striking event in the artist’s life, after which everything “turned bad.”

The son of artist Nikas Safronov, Luka Zatravkin, stated that the entourage is to blame for the death of the rapper, who was his friend . According to him, some people made money on the performer, so they tried with all their might to interfere with Tekhnik’s communication with his ex-wife Eva Karitskaya.

 

Zatravkin noted that Tekhnik planned to show his fans that the world can be filled with colors with the help of art. The artist wanted to do this through jokes and humor, but from the bottom of his heart, realizing that this is “the only way to salvation,” the rapper’s friend explained. He added that Tekhnik really wanted to be cured, but his environment did not allow him to do so.

At the same time, Karitskaya told Ksenia Sobchak in an interview that Pasha Tekhnik could have been saved from an overdose if they had sought help earlier. She explained that before going to Thailand, the artist underwent a procedure for coding from alcohol and drugs.

Technician, 40, was hospitalized in Thailand on March 27 and placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. He died on the evening of April 4. The cause of death was septic shock, which developed against the background of severe bacterial pneumonia.

Bastrykin furious over schoolgirl abuse case in Miass

In early April, the principal of the school in the village of Leninsk, located near Miass in the Chelyabinsk region, published a video message dedicated to the fate of the teenagers who bullied the schoolgirl . According to her, the message is addressed to the parents of other students who are outraged by the return of the perpetrators to school in the general order together with the other children. The principal said that she supported the prosecutor’s proposal to send the children to a special institution, since their actions should not go unpunished.

The woman explained that parents themselves determine the form of education for their child and the school cannot prevent teenagers from continuing their studies. It was previously reported that those who bullied the girl were transferred to home schooling.

 

 

In this regard, Bastrykin requested a repeat report from the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region, Aleksey Kolbasin, on the investigative actions carried out in the case and the established circumstances. The execution of the order has been placed under control at the central office of the agency.

Before that, an initiative group of parents, dissatisfied with the course of the investigation, decided to publicize this case with the help of the media. One of its participants called not only for the isolation of child rapists, but also for the application of medical measures to them.

The incident took place in January 2025. A group of schoolchildren under the age of 14 invited 12-year-old Katya (the characters’ names have been changed) to go for a walk around the village. According to media reports, the group was led by 13-year-old Varya, and it was she who came up with the idea to abuse her friend . All three study at the same local school.

Katya has been diagnosed with mental retardation. It was not the first time she had become a victim of cruel jokes by other children, but in her naivety she forgave them each time when they began to communicate normally with her again. Adults found out about what had happened that day a couple of days later, when the children posted a pornographic video recording with Katya in chats. The same Varya and 12-year-old Kostya appeared in the frame.

One of the local residents told journalists that this is not the first time that the boy Kostya has been corrupting village girls, and his friend Varya has previously abused children with disabilities.

On the very first day, Katya’s parents went to the police and wrote a statement about what had happened. The police immediately transferred the materials to the Investigative Committee.

A criminal case was opened because of the incident. The teenagers’ actions fall under Article 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violent sexual acts) and Article 242.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (using a minor to produce and distribute pornographic materials). But the case will be closed because the students have not yet reached the age of criminal responsibility.

 

 

Initially, it was reported that Kostya and Varya were transferred to home schooling. Kostya’s grandmother told reporters that her grandson was susceptible to outside influences and should not be made the main culprit in this situation. Meanwhile, the injured girl herself was sent to the regional center “Family”. Specialists will clarify what psychological damage was done to the child and how it can be compensated.

Will Major General Popov be sent to the special operation zone?

The former commander of the 58th Army, Major General Ivan Popov, has obtained permission to go to the SVO zone , his lawyer Sergei Buinovsky reported. According to him, the military leader asked the Tambov Garrison Court to suspend proceedings on his case in connection with the positive decision of the Russian Defense Ministry to conclude a contract with him for participation in the military operation.

Popov has been in custody since May 2024. He is suspected of involvement in the theft of more than 1,700 tons of rolled metal products worth over 105 million rubles. The funds were allocated for the construction of defensive structures in the Zaporizhia region.

The main defendant in this case was Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov (he died in the summer of 2023 and was nominated for the title of Hero of Russia). According to the investigation, he involved Popov in the criminal scheme because he knew that he was allegedly fond of gambling. The general did not admit his guilt.

It is noted that before Popov’s request to be sent to the front was approved, the parties held a debate in court. During it, the prosecutor announced the punishment requested for Popov. The state prosecution asked to sentence the former commander of the 58th Army to six years in prison with the deprivation of the rank of major general. As Lieutenant General Viktor Sobolev, a member of the State Duma Defense Committee, explained to NEWS.ru, everything changed because his case had apparently been “sorted out.”

 

 

“I believe that he needs to return to duty: Ivan Popov actively managed the troops,” the parliamentarian emphasized.

According to media reports, Popov will go to the SVO as a commander of one of the assault units “Storm Z”, which recruits defendants and prisoners. He will be brought to the front from the Tambov pretrial detention center, where the officer has been in recent months. The decision was made several weeks after the publication of Popov’s open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

At the same time, against the backdrop of the news about Popov, military correspondent Yuri Kotenok asked in his Telegram channel whether it is time to return “General of Armageddon” Sergei Surovikin to the front.

“Comrade Supreme Commander-in-Chief! The time has come to return General Sergei Surovikin to the front. Russia does not have so many competent military leaders who are loyal to their duty to neglect them at the most crucial moment for the Motherland,” he wrote.

Viktor Sobolev previously told where Surovikin is now. According to him, the army general is currently working as a military adviser in Africa. At the same time, insiders learned that “General Armageddon” could return to the SVO, but there is a nuance.

“The legendary “General Armageddon” definitely does not intend to come to the Russian Federation in the coming months. This is due to unsubstantiated rumors that Surovikin’s name may allegedly appear in criminal cases (one of which may allegedly be initiated against the military leader himself),” wrote the Telegram channel “Conspiracy Theorist #1.” The Defense Ministry did not comment on this information.

In turn, the head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, emphasized that Surovikin “carries out important tasks abroad.”