Yalta Harbor. Source: Victoria Vasilieva, Flickr
Late last week, 75-year-old Yalta pensioner Alexander Strekalin poured acetone down his back, lit himself on fire, and collapsed near Primorsky Beach in the center of the city. Strekalin, a former deputy head of Yalta’s city administration and years earlier a Chernobyl first responder, was taken to a local hospital, where he died two days later.
Умер в больнице предприниматель из Ялты, совершивший самосожжениеhttps://t.co/GdqEHYSCbr#стрекалин #самоподжог pic.twitter.com/KwUWey2oDJ
— Новости 24на8.рф (@24na8) September 5, 2016
The businessman from Yalta who set himself on fire has died in the hospital.
Strekalin’s self-immolation was the dramatic climax of a battle over Khottabych, a …read more
Source: Global Voices
