Netizens accused jewelry manufacturer SOKOLOV of using a reference to the historian Oleg Sokolov, accused of dismembering a student and his mistress, in advertising his jewelry. The company representatives explained that the designers, when creating the Russe collection, were inspired by the poet Alexander Pushkin and his poem Ruslan and Lyudmila.
“Any collection has been developed for at least a year. The designers were inspired by the courage and creative freedom of Pushkin, as well as by his poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila," the company said on its Facebook page.
In an advertisement for a mono-earring made of silver with cubic zirkonia, made in the form of a human skeleton, presented by a girl in a uniform, users of social networks noticed a reference to the historian Oleg Sokolov. In a headdress, which depicts a model, the former associate professor of St. Petersburg State University has appeared in public more than once.
On November 9, 2019, associate professor of St. Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov was caught from the Moika River in St. Petersburg. In his backpack were found two severed female hands and a traumatic pistol. In the scientist's apartment, law enforcement officers found the remains of a woman and a saw.
On November 7, Sokolov fell out with his graduate student, 24-year-old Anastasia Yeshchenko, with whom they lived together. After that, the historian shot his beloved with a sawn-off shotgun and tried to drown the fragments of her body in the river. During interrogation, Sokolov admitted his guilt, repented of what he had done. After the murder of a graduate student, the scientist was fired from St. Petersburg State University for an "immoral offense."]>
