The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg granted the petition of the investigation for the arrest in absentia of Valery Shlyafman, who is accused of the murder of singer Igor Talkov in October 1991. Since January 1992, the accused has been living in Israel without a break..

The defendant (he is also accused of attempted murder of Igor Malakhov) was charged in absentia on October 14, 2021. According to investigators, on October 6, 1991, at the Yubileiny Sports Palace, Igor Malakhov, who represented the interests of the singer Aziza, who had a Nagant revolver loaded with live ammunition, provoked a conflict with Igor Talkov and his director Valery Shlyafman because of the order of performances. During the conflict, the guards knocked Igor Malakhov to the floor, and Valery Shlyafman snatched a revolver from his hands.

“Having the intent to kill the latter (Igor Malakhov), he shot at him, but wounded Talkov’s arm and chest with a single wound channel. Talkov died at the scene, and Malakhov left the Sports Palace, ”said the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg..

The investigator in the courtroom explained that Valery Shlyafman is on the international wanted list and lives in Israel. At the initial stages of the investigation, he interfered with him, testified that Igor Malakhov fired the shot, and persuaded witnesses to give similar testimony.. The investigation emphasizes that " The lawyer objected and noted that the argument about the impossibility of finding a person in such a small country like Israel is doubtful..

Valery Shlyafman was arrested in absentia for two months from the moment of extradition to the territory of Russia or from the moment of detention in the Russian Federation. The extradition of the accused to Russia is possible - there is a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Justice of Israel. However, this depends on the specific circumstances and the will of the parties..