Assistant to the famous St. Petersburg musician and leader of the Leningrad group Sergei Shnurov will be tried for stealing 5.5 million rubles from him. Details of the high-profile criminal case were written by Kommersant. According to the publication, the name accused of theft is Anastasia Kuligina. The girl worked on the RTVI television channel, where Shnurov for some time acted as a producer and hosted a number of programs. There they met.
“Kommersant”, 10/15/2023, “And I messed up with you”: According to the case materials, the fact of the theft itself was discovered by accident. 32-year-old Anastasia Kuligina, a foreign language teacher by training, has been in show business for a long time. She was a personal assistant to several famous singers, including one of the members of the VIA Gra group. Three years ago, the girl worked for RTVI when Sergei Shnurov was the main producer of the channel. Then, after he left TV, she went to work for his family. She enjoyed the almost unlimited trust of both the leader of Leningrad and his current, fourth wife Olga, nee Abramova, the daughter of a major Ural businessman.
At first she was in charge of everyday matters, but over time she began to be given more responsible assignments, including trips to other cities and abroad. At the same time, the assistant had access to the couple’s apartment in the capital’s Khamovniki district, and was also in charge of one of Ms. Shnurova’s bank accounts – to pay for services provided to the artist’s family and transfer salaries to service personnel, including herself. […]
In total, the investigation revealed 61 episodes of transfers from Ms. Shnurova’s card. The amounts ranged from 1–2 thousand to several tens of thousands of rubles. At the same time, the investigation recognized most of the transfers as justified, for a total amount of about 8–9 million rubles, so the total damage for nine months of her work, according to the case materials, amounted to a little more than 2 million rubles. instead of the 11 million initially indicated in the statement to the police. Anastasia Kuligina admitted guilt in this part of the charge and stated that she was “ready to make every effort to compensate for the damage.” At the same time, Anastasia Kuligina flatly refused to admit that she was involved in the theft of 3.5 million rubles in cash, of which Mrs. Shnurova accused her. — Insert K.ru
According to the media, the rocker’s family trusted Kuligina and entrusted her with personal requests. For example, the wife of a musician Olga asked Anastasia to buy her elite wines. However, the assistant allegedly pocketed some of the money from the transactions. In addition, the Shnurovs did not receive a fee for one of Sergei’s corporate events. The money was in the storage room of the artist’s house in Moscow and at some point disappeared.
It is noteworthy that Kuligin has been under investigation for almost a year. Apparently, the Shnurovs deliberately kept an unpleasant episode from their stellar life secret. In January 2023, the assistant was sent into custody, as reported on the website of the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow. But they sent me home quickly enough.
— From February 3, 2023 to the present time, the accused has been under house arrest. Kuligina is accused under the fourth part of Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism), as stated in the court file, viewed by spb.kp.ru.
If Kuligina is found guilty, she faces up to 10 years in prison. It is unknown whether she admits guilt.
Let us add that the current wife of Sergei Shnurov Olga (nee Abramova) bore him two children. Sometimes a musician dedicates poems to his wife on social networks, but once again he does not “shine” her to the public and the media. It is known that Olga is the daughter of a millionaire Valeria Abramova. Now the Shnurov family lives in Moscow and travels often.
