The Petrograd District Court of St. Petersburg found former director Igor Talkov Valery Shlyafman guilty of the murder of the singer in 1991, the United press service of the vessels of St. Petersburg said on April 23.
Shlyafman was sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison in a general regime colony.
Shlyafman is outside Russia.
Igor Talkov was killed on October 6, 1991 during the shootout that occurred behind the scenes during a concert in the St. Petersburg Sports Palace of Sports. The conflict arose between the representatives of Talkov and the singer Aziza due...
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