Tragedy! Young Russian pianist found dead in Budapest

The reason for the 27-year-old artist’s tragic death was gas poisoning. 

Elina Valieva from Ufa (Bashkortostan, Russia) was a laureate of international music competitions. She died in a hotel in Budapest as a result of domestic gas poisoning. Her companion, a Russian was hospitalized in serious condition.

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According to index.hu, on December 22, a Russian citizen Elina Valieva, born in 1992, died in a hostel-type hotel on a trip to the Hungarian capital. The man accompanying her on the trip was hospitalized in one of the local toxicological clinics. A representative of the Russian embassy said that the hotel where they wanted to spend the night was old.

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At the moment, the diplomatic mission, the Hungarian authorities and the insurance company is working on

the repatriation of her body to her homeland.

The diplomat added that Hungarian authorities investigated the circumstances of the artist’s tragic death. However, they did not find any evidence that would suggest that the pianist was somehow killed. The Hungarian national police headquarters said that the reason for the death was the wrong placement of a gas heater in the bathroom.

Interestingly, at the end of July, in Alaska (USA), during a honeymoon, the famous Russian actress, Veronika Nikonova, who played in the film “Brest Fortress”, was tragically killed.