The dorm roommate of the legendary singer Vladimir Ivasyuk, composer Alexander Zlotnik, voiced his own version of the death of the author of “Chervona Ruta” and spoke about his psychological state in the last years of his life. He does not believe in the version of the artist’s suicide and is convinced that Ivasyuk could have been killed due to extortion of money. Zlotnik spoke about this in an interview with Dmitry Gordon, recalling both the creative phenomenon of Ivasyuk and the circumstances of his death in 1979. Ivasyuk was 29 years old at the time..

Commenting on the numerous versions of Ivasyuk’s death, Zlotnik confirmed that the singer “had certain deviations”. At the same time, he clarified that we are talking more about overwork and overstrain. " He could sometimes work day and night. But it happens: sometimes you overwork it so that you go to the window, but you think that you are going to the door. Overvoltage, perhaps,” said the composer.

At the same time, Zlotnik emphasized that he does not consider these features a sufficient basis for the version of suicide. He noted that Ivasyuk had a warm relationship with his family and could not deliberately inflict such a blow on his loved ones. Zlotnik said that regarding the death of his friend, he is inclined to the version of extortion of money. According to him, shortly before his disappearance, Ivasyuk withdrew a large sum of money from the bank, after which he got into a taxi and never got in touch again..

The composer also said that they agreed to meet in early May in Lviv, but Ivasyuk stopped answering calls. Subsequently it became known about his death.

“I think they ran into him and demanded money. I even had a dream like this. I was sure that it was from him that they demanded money. And, apparently, he didn’t give it,” Zlotnik said, emphasizing that he considers this version to be the most likely.

Zlotnik called Ivasyuk an extremely talented author and “the brightest melodist” of his generation. He emphasized that the young singer actually broke into Ukrainian music, violating the then established standards of the song genre, and many did not like it.

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A year ago, Zlotnik also publicly spoke out in defense of Ivasyuk’s creative heritage. He criticized the remake of the song “I’ll go to the distant mountains”, presented by the TVORCHI group under the name “My Darling”, declaring the need for strict compliance with copyright.

The group itself then responded that it had received all the necessary permissions from the artist’s legal successors and acted within the law..