Chilling video exhibits Russian dancer killed by masked murderer

A 30-year-old completed Russian dancer was gunned down in Moscow in what’s being investigated as a “contract killing” after reportedly having an affair with a rich politician, in response to a report.

Natalia Pronina — who gained worldwide dance competitions, together with within the UK — was shot twice within the chest by the masked murderer exterior her residence constructing close to the Akademicheskaya practice station, East2West Information reported.

She was focused as she returned dwelling from a choreography session, in response to the information outlet.

Chilling surveillance footage captured the second the hanging brunette noticed her killer method from the shadows earlier than he opened hearth from shut vary.

He dropped the gun and fled, in response to native reviews. The video has not helped investigators observe down the shooter, police sources mentioned.

Pronina was rushed to a hospital, the place she underwent surgical procedure, however died two hours later, East2West Information reported.

“She had no enemies, I can say with absolute certainty,” her buddy Valeria advised the tabloid every day Komsomolskaya Pravda. “Solely one among her admirers might be behind this due to jealousy.”

A former dancing colleague, Anzhelika, mentioned that “Natasha not solely danced superbly, she is an actual magnificence. Males all the time clung to her and it’s doable that one of many rejected followers might have killed her.”

One other concept being investigated is that the previous nightclub performer had an affair with a rich politician whose spouse found the key relationship, in response to East2West.

The husband, believed to be a member of parliament, was educated in martial arts, in response to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.

“That they had been courting till this summer time, when the MP’s spouse discovered concerning the affair,” in response to the report, which mentioned the dancer had confronted “threats” from the spouse.

The masked killer — wearing a hoodie and carrying glasses — used a non-lethal self-defense gun that was redesigned to fireside actual bullets for the hit, in response to East2West.

Pronina’s boyfriend Alexander Kravchenko, 33, has denied any involvement within the homicide and mentioned he was working in Yalta within the Crimea on the time, the Solar reported.

He additionally claimed she had a stalker and individually that she had a £6,000 — about $8,000 — debt that she needed to repay.

Pronina, a “grasp of sport” in ballroom dancing, fashioned her personal workforce to carry out at VIP events and elite golf equipment, together with striptease, the outlet reported.

Anzhelika mentioned her former colleague “was not the kind who goals of a white gown and a bunch of youngsters.”

“Her work was her life. She earned effectively, she might afford loads,” she mentioned.

“Final yr, she positively traveled 4 instances to Milan, the place she additionally had followers. However this yr, because of the pandemic, she didn’t fly anyplace,” she added.