25 years since the murder of Igor Talkov

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Exactly 25 years have passed since the death of Igor Talkov, a Russian patriot and poet. On October 6, 1991, his life was tragically cut short by a fatal shot. On the day of his memory, we offer a recording of the last concert.

“Talkov felt his approaching death: he was always late, in a hurry … Igor's brother Vladimir said in an interview that perhaps everything happened because of his song“Russia”, with which“he signed his own death warrant. When Igor wrote this music, his equipment went out of order, all of a sudden the lights went out all over the block … After the song was finally edited, at night Igor dreamed of black hands that were trying to strangle him "…".

It seems that Igor had to go out on the behest of his conscience to a great battle with the forces of evil, who were not yet spiritually ripe for this. This was sometimes manifested in the texts as well. And in that aggressive environment of the motley pop-perestroika crowd, his voluntary and involuntary partners and colleagues, his armor-protection could not resist … And he interfered with very many with his bright talent and his all-crushing patriotism, causing the fire of the forces of evil on himself.

“According to the official version, the killer is named: the director and" shadow "of Talkov - Valery Shlyafman. Singer Aziza and her assistant are also involved in the case. According to the official version, after Talkov refused to swap the queue for the performance with the singer Aziza, a scuffle broke out in which Aziza's bodyguard Igor Malakhov, Talkov's bodyguards and director of his group Valery Shlyafman intervened. During the fight, several shots were fired, the last of which became fatal for the singer - a bullet pierced his left palm, forearm, hurt his heart and lung …

However, the investigators established Malakhov's innocence of the murder. An examination carried out in January 1992 established that the wound received by Talkov was made from a distance of 50 cm. From a position in which only the musician's director Valery Shlyafman could be. Gunpowder marks from a shot were found on his shirt … In addition, as the singer's widow recalls, immediately after the shots, when everyone rushed to call the ambulance, Shlyafman dialed a mysterious number and said: "Talkov is killed." To whom these words were intended is unknown …"

Shlyafman hid in Israel, from where they are not given out.

Another version:

Talkov's wife believes that the sniper shot and I agree with her for now. First, the examination established that all three shots were fired from Malakhov's revolver.

Nonsense. All three bullets were fired from the same weapon, which the experts did not see directly. It is quite possible that it lies at the bottom of the Neva. Prove it.

Secondly, experts say that the unknown assassin had nowhere to hide in the narrow, bare corridor.

Nonsense. For professionals, the concept of "impossible" does not exist and the conversation is not about whether it can be done or not, but about how much it will cost. For example, the KGB has an OTU (Operational and Technical Directorate), where there are specialists who open any safes, plant miniature special equipment anywhere and make any weapon. It is possible to prove that the bullet was fired from this particular weapon by following the marks that are left on it by the rifling in the muzzle of the barrel.

So, here, a specialist in the laboratory under a microscope will make you at least a hundred bullets from a "Malakhov revolver", at least two hundred.

With regards to the corridor - I watched a video filmed 20 minutes after the murder - a wide, long and straight corridor, 5 meters from the crime scene (there was a blood stain) - wide windows. Please note that it is not at all necessary for a specialist to pull out a pistol with a silencer, aim it at the victim and aim - a good shooter will kill on the go and even on the run, without taking the weapon out of his pocket.

Thirdly, they refused to acquaint the widow of the murdered man with the criminal case, which means that it bears a secrecy stamp - "Secret" or "Top secret". Such a stamp is put if there is at least one secret or top secret document in the file. So the sniper theme will have to be opened.