Childhood and youth
Ratmir Shishkov was a gypsy by nationality, born on April 24, 1988 and raised in a family of artists who toured the country. This origin was reflected in the early biography of the boy, who, dreaming of the stage, did not do well at school.
Compensating for problems with lessons, Ratmir was interested in music and, without receiving secondary education, became a member of the “Gilori” ensemble. The team became famous in Russia and toured in the Czech Republic and Finland, and the future “manufacturer” was a soloist, to the delight of his father and mother.
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Ratmir Shishkov in childhood
At the age of 12, together with his illustrious parents, Shishkov went on stage to present a gypsy romance; this regular practice revealed his vocal abilities, and he went to a theater studio, starting to listen to rap and jazz.
Having become interested in these areas with the support of his brother Jean, who was the lead singer of a group called "Prime Minister", Ratmir went to television in the project "Star Factory - 4", where he met such performers as Timati and Dominic Joker.
Why did “Star Factory-4” participant Ratmir Shishkov die?
On Friday, March 23, “KP” talked about a terrible accident in the center of Moscow, at the intersection of Sadovaya-Spasskaya Street and Orlikov Lane. On Thursday night, a Volkswagen Touareg and a Mercedes, in which there were five people, collided there. The impact caused gasoline to ignite in the Mercedes and the car exploded in front of eyewitnesses running to help.
Ratmir Shishkov and his colleagues in the group “Banda”, archival photo. Photo: GLOBAL LOOK PRESS
The passengers and driver of the Mercedes died instantly.
By the time forensic experts arrived, rescuers had taken the bodies of the victims out of the mangled Mercedes and laid them on the side of the road.
“They were all terribly burned,” the doctors say. “Only two had injuries, and only one of them had an injury that could have led to death. That is, the guys actually burned alive.
According to preliminary data from traffic police inspectors who measured the braking distance, the Mercedes jumped the red traffic light at a speed of 220 - 250 kilometers per hour.
Despite the late hour, there were many eyewitnesses to the tragedy. Some claimed that a patrol car was chasing the Mercedes, which was racing at full speed - the driver of the foreign car was breaking the rules, and they tried to stop him. And while escaping from the chase, the Mercedes flew into the jeep.
According to law enforcement officers, a thorough investigation will be carried out into the accident. Perhaps the case will be closed, since the culprit of the accident and his passengers died. Unless other facts come to light in the case.
As KP managed to find out, the victims of the accident were fellow musicians Sergei Zaikovsky, nicknamed Guru-Rabbit, 22-year-old Timur Baysarov, singer Algemen Sisokka (Deema), 19-year-old ex-“manufacturer” Ratmir Shishkov and 23-year-old girlfriend of Algemen Christina Ustai.
The Mercedes was driven by 22-year-old Timur Baysarov. He was the first to be identified, and on Friday his relatives took his body to his homeland - Ingushetia.
His mother identified 26-year-old Algemen Sisokka only on Saturday by his chain and pendant with the letter D. There wasn’t even any clothing left on his burnt body.
On Saturday, 19-year-old Ratmir Shishkov and 23-year-old Kristina Ustai were identified.
The fire disfigured Ratmir's body beyond recognition. The young musician was identified by a miraculously surviving piece of a sneaker (Ratmir wore bright, memorable shoes) and a sock, as well as by the “African” braids on his head.
Grief-stricken relatives and friends came to identify Sergei Zaikovsky on Sunday (he, like Timur and Kristina, had to be identified by his teeth and height).
“Ratmira’s mom is holding on with all her strength”
Ratmir Shishkov's mother Lyala Mikhailovna was informed about the tragedy by the guy's friends. The news of her son's death devastated the woman.
“Can you imagine what it’s like for a mother to bury her son? In my opinion, nothing could be worse,” Ratmira’s cousin Almaza barely holds back tears. “This is such grief, we couldn’t believe it for a long time, we didn’t understand how this could happen. Early on Saturday morning, Shishkov's relatives went to the morgue. Lyalya Mikhailovna was supported by her uncle Ratmir and other relatives. After the body was identified, the mother and friends of the deceased musician left to buy clothes in which Ratmir would be buried. They returned a few hours later, carrying a snow-white suit. This time Lyalya Mikhailovna remained sitting in the car - she no longer had the strength to go inside a second time. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the body of Ratmir Shishkov was taken home from the morgue. The musician's funeral will take place on Tuesday. Ratmir, like his dead friends, will be buried in closed coffins.
Funeral of Ratmir Shishkov in March 2007. Photo: Andrey KARA
Ratmir Shishkov's friend Sonya Kuzmina (daughter of the famous musician Vladimir Kuzmin) still cannot recover from grief.
“I learned about the tragedy from a friend, I’m shocked,” Sonya shared with the KP correspondent. “At first I couldn’t even believe my ears. I called Masha Weber, Nikita Malinin. Nikita is friends with Domenic Joker, he was already in the know. I feel very sorry for everyone, Ratmira... He was so young. Ratmir and I knew each other very well; it was I who brought him to the Factory. I introduced her to Lina Arifulina. She immediately liked Ratmir and took him. He had a great voice. Unfortunately, we haven’t seen each other for a long time, but I was going to record a duet with him. Now this will never happen...
Every evening since the tragedy, friends of the victims gather at the Black October cafe on Novy Arbat. The establishment belongs to the popular singer Timati (he, along with Ratmir, was a member of “Star Factory-4” and sang in the band “Banda”). It was a favorite meeting place for young musicians.
On Friday evening the cafe was also crowded. Tear-stained eyes, faces pale with horror... Funeral toasts sound at every table.
“They were in the studio that day,” a guy named Vakhtang shares with his friends. “Then Timur took everyone away. Well, why did I let him go then?
On Saturday, friends of the victims lit candles in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior for the repose of their souls.
“The evening before the accident, Kristina and I were sitting in a cafe,” Kristina’s friend Ustai Ksenia barely restrained herself. “Then Timur and Ratmir arrived. They were going to the studio on Sukharevskaya, where Deema was waiting. He and Christina met, but the day before they quarreled (Algemen recently divorced his wife, he left behind a little daughter. - Ed.). Timur and Ratmir wanted to reconcile them. They persuaded Christina to go to the studio. Persuaded...
Christina will be buried in her homeland in Kazakhstan.
AND AT THIS TIME
Ambulance car rammed by Mercedes
A team of doctors, going to help those involved in an accident, got into an accident themselves
At about seven in the morning on Saturday, a team of doctors from one of the ambulance substations urgently went to Volokolamskoye Highway. There, according to those who called 03, a serious accident occurred.
“This was the last call of the brigade that day,” the doctors say. – At 8:00 their shift ended.
However, doctors were unable to help those injured in road accidents. On the way, their car also got into an accident - at the intersection of People's Militia and Berzarin streets, a Mercedes crashed into the ambulance. The medical Gazelle overturned due to a strong impact. All those sitting in it were seriously injured. Colleagues of doctors urgently arrived at the scene of the accident. They took the victims to hospitals.
As KP learned, 31-year-old paramedic Evgeny Kaznacheev died from his injuries at the entrance to the Botkin hospital. The deceased doctor left behind two small children.
The second paramedic, 23-year-old Alexey Ovchinnikov, flew through the windshield of the Gazelle during the collision. He was taken to the intensive care unit of Hospital No. 67 with a traumatic brain injury and a broken hip. He is still in a coma. 26-year-old ambulance driver Alexander Tsvetkov was also brought to the same clinic. He was found to have ruptured internal organs.
The driver of the Mercedes was not injured; he was saved by deployed airbags. And the passenger of the foreign car with serious injuries was also taken to the 67th hospital.
Theater actress Petra Fomenko hit a pedestrian
People's Artist of the Russian Federation, theater actress Petra Fomenko Madlena Dzhabrailova hit a pedestrian. An unpleasant incident occurred at exactly midnight near house number 23 on Taganskaya Street.
The 37-year-old actress was driving home in her Citroen Xsara (she lives in Taganka). When Madelena began to move from one row to another, a man suddenly appeared in front of her car. A careless pedestrian crossed the road in the wrong place.
The actress did not have time to brake and hit the stranger. From the blow he flew to the side and fell unconscious. Frightened Madelena ran out of the car and called an ambulance and the traffic police.
Before the doctors arrived, the man showed no signs of life. The doctors were about to call for transportation to the morgue, and then the victim suddenly groaned. In a coma, he was taken to the Sklifosovsky Institute.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
How to force drivers to comply with traffic rules?
Leonid Olshansky, vice-president of the Russian Motorists Movement:
— First of all, it is necessary to eradicate the factors contributing to traffic violations. For example, today I crossed a double solid road, and tomorrow there is a concrete barrier, like on the Moscow Ring Road. Comprehensive measures are needed; the president said a year and a half ago that increasing responsibility alone would not solve the problem.
Gennady GUDKOV, member of the State Duma Committee on Security:
“With us, the driver is responsible for everything: for completely stupid junctions, and for the lack of traffic lights, and for meaninglessly placed signs... And the principle of work of the authorities and the traffic police is exclusively punitive. Instead of ensuring traffic safety, they are engaged in extortion.
Andrey CHEREPANOV, economist, head of the National Development project:
- Only with the help of large fines. It is unlikely that all the money collected will end up in the budget; most of it will end up in the pockets of traffic cops. However, the main goal - establishing order on the roads - will be achieved.
Mark FRANCHETTI, Moscow correspondent for the British newspaper The Sunday Times:
— This is purely a matter of culture and the level of corruption. They are going to increase fines, but this will change little. You'll just have to give more to your paw.
Albert DEMCHENKO, silver medalist of the Turin Olympics in luge:
“Right now I have a receipt in front of me for paying a fine for violating the speed limit. Although I am a careful driver, our system is such that it is impossible to drive properly without breaking the rules. It is necessary to cultivate road culture in motorists and pedestrians.
Andrey SUDAKOV, propaganda inspector of the Central District Department of Internal Affairs, Voronezh:
“Everyone should be held accountable for violating the rules on an equal basis—both the minister and the ordinary driver.” Why in England can the heir to the throne be easily fined, but in our country officials are released?
Mashenka, reader of the site WWW.KP.RU :
— For any violation, rights must be taken away. This way, by the way, the problem of traffic jams will be solved!
Dominic Joker at the identification parade for Radmir Shishkov.
Death
On the evening of March 23, 2007, the news reported that singer Ratmir Shishkov crashed in a car accident in the center of the capital. Besides him, in the Mercedes, which caught fire after a collision with a Volkswagen, there was a guy nicknamed Deema, also a famous rapper.
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Rapper Ratmir Shishkov
According to the road transport service, the bodies of the participants in this terrible accident were difficult to identify due to burns. Therefore, Ratmir’s friends and relatives, who could not reach him for a long time, hoped that everything was fine with the singer, and for several days they could neither eat nor sleep.
When the identities and causes of death were finally established, according to Shishkov’s relatives, they found themselves in real hell. And Timati and Dominic Joker said that the song “Heaven is Crying” turned out to be prophetic, and, paying tribute to the memory of their colleague and friend, they disbanded the musical team.
Ratmir Shishkov
Timati, Ratmir Shishkov
Timati, Ratmir Shishkov
Graduate of “Star Factory”, 1988−2007
A member of the Banda group, 19-year-old Ratmir Shishkov, died in a car accident in the center of Moscow. Along with the musician, his girlfriend Kristina Ustai died, as well as rapper Deema, musician Sergei Zaikovsky and driver Timur Baysarov, who were in the car.
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Timan's song about the subject.
We don't need water, let the motherfucker burn © Bloodhound Gang — Fire Water Burn In more detail, a Mercedes car loaded with monkeys collided with a racially correct Volkswagen Touareg SUV. As a result of the accident, there were no casualties; the jeep's bumper was damaged, and its driver was slightly frightened.
Also, there are rumors that the monkeys who were in the second car burned to death because they could not get out of it without the help of a trainer, which brought a fair amount of lulz to the sympathizers, giving rise to epic movements on Lyrushechka and VKontakte.
The monkey with the nickname Ratmir was identified by a miraculously surviving piece of a sneaker (the producers dressed her in bright, memorable shoes) and a sock, as well as by “African” poop on her head. Let us rejoice for the monkey: her dream came true, her skin color became the same as that of the nigra.
Then on the Internet and VKontakte there was a massive push for “mourning” for the burnt piece of crap. Actually, the forcing continued until there was a certain critical mass of assholes and Ironby whores who anally supported the fucking “mourning.” Fucking mourning mainly consisted of joining fucking groups and drinking fluorescent pots like “oh, what are we going to do without the Ratmir guy, eternal memory to him.” Then a fierce, frenzied, unstoppable chain reaction began - even more assholes and ironbee whores began to spread this infection. At the moment, this shit has dried out a little and stopped stinking, but there are still anally fenced groups. The mourning was accompanied by numerous regrets that Timatos was absent from the foreign chariot. There is a lot of useful copy-paste on the subject on the Internet.
