In the morning, investigators came to the musician Vadim Stroykin with a search warrant for the case «on participation in the activities of a terrorist organization». According to the investigation, he was suspected of financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As reported by «Fontanka», the man went to the kitchen, explaining to law enforcement that he wanted to drink some water. After that, he allegedly jumped out of the apartment window on the 10th floor. The Investigative Committee is conducting an investigation at the scene of the bard's death, as reported by «Rotonda» in the department.
The musician was 59 years old, he was born in Chelyabinsk and lived in Yekaterinburg for a long time. As the bard wrote on his website, in the 1990s he graduated from the British School of Journalism, played in various musical groups, and later became the author and host of a radio program on «Echo of Moscow — Yekaterinburg». In recent years, Stroykin lived in St. Petersburg and taught guitar playing.
Stroykin opposed the war in Ukraine. On his «VKontakte» page, he published quotes expressing his attitude towards what is happening in Russia, and on February 16, 2024, he published a post with a single word: «Bastards».