"Ural dumplings" is no longer a joke. The intra-corporate war unleashed by comedians for earned millions ended in the death of their new leader. Alexei Lyutikov, 43, was found dead in a hotel near Yekaterinburg Airport. The artist developed heart failure. And although the investigators said that there was no crime here, even the KVN players themselves admit that the scandals had a strong impact on the health of their director. " Loads, emotions and disputes in business could not but affect the well-being of Alexei ...”, - says the obituary, which Pelmeni published on their website.
"I BREATHE A SECOND LIFE IN" DUMPLINGS"
In the same press release, "Dumplings" write: " Alexey did a lot for our project. He put all his skill and experience into the show. Thanks to his efforts, the project received a second wind, a second life.»
Lyutikov really breathed a second life in the show "Ural dumplings". But, as they say, you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. Because of Alexei, the Sverdlovsk kings of humor quarreled with their then boss Sergei Netievsky.
Until recently, "Ural dumplings" were one big team
Lyutikov greatly stirred up the water, - a friend of Netievsky assures. “Dumplings” have been together for a million years. And over the years, the team always accumulates a lot of old grievances. For me personally, it was not surprising that the director of the team, Netievsky, earned a little more than other participants. Lyutikov competently sharpened the already sharp corners. He pointed to the difference in fees. Found some documents.
Lawsuits began, the division of profits and even the very name "Ural dumplings" (the case is still being considered in the Moscow court).
At the same time, Netievsky's powers were divided. Instead, in Yekaterinburg, a teammate Sergey Isaev began to deal with the affairs of the Pelmeni. Well, the comedians left the metropolitan questions at the mercy of Lyutikov.
“I PLANTED A HEART AS A CHILDHOOD”
When you manage the affairs of one of the country's main comedy shows, and at the same time you are also accused of quarreling your best friends for your own benefit (“Dumplings”, together with the student bench, we met back in 1994), there is already one You won't get off with a good sense of humor. A person needs iron nerves and good health. But this is precisely what Lyutikov did not have.
His relatives admit that the future KVN star undermined his health back in his school years.
Lesha had a cleft lip as a child, Lyutikov's relatives say. - The boys teased, they did not give passage. Alexey was very worried and nervous because of this. On this basis, heart problems developed, noises appeared. The doctors then advised the Lyutikovs to send their son to the KVN school team.
Lesha liked it on stage. It would seem that they are laughing at him again, but without mockery. Then there were 5 operations on the face. And now Aleksey is already a stately young man, ready to conquer new heights.
A difficult childhood taught Lesha to live by the principle “If you don’t help yourself, no one will help you,” Lyutikov’s old friends confess. - Take at least the KVN team "Service Entrance", in which Lyutikov was the captain. They did a good job, got on TV. But when the popularity began to decline, Lech quickly deleted his teammates from his life and began to unwind alone.
In the early 2000s, Lyutikov moved from his native Kursk to Moscow. When the Comedy Club appeared, Alexei quickly made a career for himself there: starting as a full-time stand-up comedian, he soon became the head of the Comedy regional development department. In this status, he was noticed by Pelmeni.
Lyutikov is a professional in his field. We needed a person who knows all the Moscow cuisine. So we hired Alexei, - explained the appearance of Lyutikov in the Ural team Sergey Ershov, also known from the TV series Real Boys.
WHY THE WIFE DID NOT SOUND THE ALARM?
Alexey Lyutikov was not only engaged in negotiations about the concerts of the Ural dumplings and their participation in commercial projects. As a leader, he often accompanied KVN-shchikov on their tours. This happened, for example, with performances in Sochi. Pelmeni received a mega-lucrative contract - in the middle of summer they gave 12 concerts in a popular resort town. Then the team returned to Yekaterinburg, where they held a meeting on the results of the past season. Well, then with a sense of accomplishment, the artists parted for the holidays. On August 2, the head Lyutikov was supposed to fly to Moscow to his family. And he really drove to the Koltsovo airport. However, he did not board the plane. Instead, he checked into the nearby Angelo Hotel, where he lived until his death on August 10.
When the investigative committee began to conduct an inspection, the detectives were first of all surprised that Lyutikov was not missed at home. Alexey is an exemplary family man. He lived with his wife for a quarter of a century. They have two children - a son of 23, a daughter of 14. So why didn't the family sound the alarm when the head of the family disappeared for a whole week?
Lyutikov told his wife that he had urgent business in Yekaterinburg concerning the activities of the Ural dumplings. Therefore, he is forced to stay in the Urals for several days, - explains a source in the power department.
Alexei's daughter is making notable progress in rhythmic gymnastics. The girl was recently even taken to the youth team of Russia. According to relatives, her competitions were sacred for her father. Until recently, Lyutikov did not miss a single performance of his daughter. But in early August, dad flatly refused to come to her demonstration performances ...
"Lyutikov was ashamed to return home"
The director of "Dumplings" knew perfectly well that he should not drink - over the years, a sick heart began to bother him even more. But, despite the prohibitions of doctors, Lyutikov first emptied the mini-bar in his room, and then called the bar, which is located in the hotel, and ordered cognac.
Lyutikov worked like a damn, promoting "Dumplings," one of the authors of "Ural dumplings" explains the behavior of the boss. – It was Aleksey who agreed on the long-term tour of the team in Sochi… The Pelmeni themselves, of course, do not let us into their affairs. But among the "writers" there is a rumor that our stars themselves wanted to steer things not only at the regional level, but also at the federal level. So Lyutikov was no longer needed. Maybe Alexei was put before the fact? And he did not want to return home as an unemployed loser.
The investigation into the death of Lyutikov has not yet been completed. Investigators are in no hurry to draw conclusions. And fans of KVN, who remember Alexei from his game for the “Service Entrance” team, are asking the relatives of the deceased comedian to hire a private detective to find out the real cause of the tragedy. However, close men believe that there is nothing to investigate here.
For me, the fact of my brother's death took place, - Anna Lyutikova, the humorist's sister, says dryly. There are no secrets for us in this story. Lesha was in Yekaterinburg for a week because he was on a business trip!
We continue to monitor the investigation.
Sergei Svetlakov moved to Moscow from the Ural dumplings, now Sergei Netievsky has followed him.
Meanwhile
Netievsky continues to sue Pelmeni
The death of Alexei Lyutikov did not in the least affect the judicial wars of the Ural dumplings with Sergei Netievsky. Recall that the Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region reinstated him as director.
During the lawsuit to reinstate Sergei Netievsky in office, the Ural Pelmeni tried to legitimize their meeting, at which they elected Sergei Isaev as the new director, explains Netievsky's lawyer, managing partner of the Yusta Aura law firm Evgeny Dedkov. - For this, my client's colleagues held a new meeting and sent an invitation to it to Sergei Netievsky. At the second meeting, Sergey Isaev was again elected director. But they did not take into account the fact that the court recognized the decision on the first meeting as "null and void". Therefore, the second meeting of comedians automatically has no legal force.
In order to recognize the second meeting of comedians as "insignificant", Sergei Netievsky has now filed a new lawsuit in court. And "Ural dumplings", meanwhile, will appeal against the decision of the representatives of Themis to reinstate Sergei Netievsky as director.
Help "KP" The Ural Dumplings KVN team was founded in 1993 by Dmitry Sokolov. The team grew out of the competition of propaganda teams of the Ural Polytechnic Institute. Dmitry Sokolov invited his colleagues from the construction team Andrei Rozhkov and Sergei Isaev to join it. In addition to them, the team included Sergey Ershov and Dmitry Brekotkin. In 1995, the Ural Pelmeni team tried their hand at the KVN team festival in Sochi. They immediately get into the gala concert, and following the results of the festival and into the season of the Major League of KVN. From 1995 to 2000, "Ural dumplings" play five seasons in the Major League of KVN. In 2000, when 23-year-old Sergey Svetlakov joined the team, the dumplings became the winners of the Major League, securing the status of the “last champion.” In addition, the team won the Big KiViN in Gold (2002), Big KiViN in light" (1999, 2004), "Big KiViN in the dark" (2005, 2006) at the festival of KVN teams "Voicing KiViN". In 2007, "Ural dumplings" began to release their program "Show News" on TNT. True, it lasted only a month. The show was canceled due to low ratings. In 2009, comedians sign a contract with STS. The contract with the TV channel was signed by Sergei Netievsky. Aleksey Lyutikov began to manage the team's affairs in the capital in 2014.
Alexey Lyutikov, whose biography is presented in the article, was one of the most prominent participants in the game in KVN. After leaving the Service Entrance team in 1997, he disappeared from the screens. His fate was little known to the layman, until in August 2016 the media reported his death in a hotel in Yekaterinburg.
Way to KVN
A native of the small town of Fatezh (Kursk region), Alexei Lyutikov was born on 06/02/1974. He was born with a cleft lip and was ridiculed and bullied by his peers. Already then there were problems with the heart, because the boy could not help but worry because of childish cruelty. Salvation was the school KVN, on the stage of which he caused a deafening laughter of the auditorium. But it was a different laugh, a reaction to witty jokes without poking fun at his appearance. An exciting game became his destiny.
The young man underwent five complex operations on his face, but the consequences of a congenital anomaly remained noticeable until the end of his days. Having worked out for himself the principle that you can only rely on yourself in life, Alexey Lyutikov, for whom KVN became a vocation, entered the Pedagogical Institute of the city of Kursk. Having received the profession of a social psychologist, in 1993 the young man became a member of the Kursk team "Service Entrance".
Frontman of the KVN team
Young men did not go long to their success. Already in 1997, they brilliantly reached the semi-finals, beating the popular team Ural Pelmeni in the 1/8 finals in a face-to-face meeting. Among them, the captain stood out - Alexei Lyutikov, uttering jokes with an absolutely serious expression on his face. He was followed with interest, he was quoted:
- "This is the country for the Jews, and for us - the stop."
- "We work out the sponsor's bread with our ass."
- "KVN treats corns!".
After the team did not pass the semi-final stage, the frontman left the team due to disagreements with the guys. They were considered the leaders of the 1998 season, but without their captain, they were eliminated early on, failing to progress to the professional level later on.
Follow-up, personal life
Lyutikov managed to catch on in Moscow, but he did not go on stage again. He started a family early, so he needed to get on his feet. Since 2006, Alexey Lyutikov began to cooperate with the Comedy Club, leading the direction of regional development. His responsibilities included the creation of branches of the stand-up club in the field. Since 2013, he began working with Novy Kanal, and in 2014 he ended up as an executive producer at First Hand Media, led by Sergei Netievsky. He headed the humorous show "Ural dumplings" created in 2009.
By this time, Lyutikov already had two children: a son who was born when Alexei was only 20, and a daughter who was successfully involved in rhythmic gymnastics. A little later, she will enter the youth team. Never missing her important starts, in August 2016 this tradition was for some reason broken by Alexei Lyutikov.
"Ural dumplings" - the last project of the showman
"Ural dumplings" needed a professional who would know firsthand the Moscow show business. In the summer of 2015, the team had a conflict with the leader Netievsky, whose company owned the trademark of the creative team. Despite the fact that he brought the guys to STS and did a lot for the team, disagreements arose about the further development of the project. He took over the leadership and there was no one to deal with business in Moscow. So Alexey Lyutikov appeared in the Ural dumplings.
He is credited with the blame for inflating the conflict and the litigation, as a result of which Sergei Netievsky regained his position as the head of the show. There was a process to return the trademark to the founders. Being engaged in financial affairs, Lyutikov presented the guys with documents from which it followed that the income of the head differed significantly from the fees of the artists. Be that as it may, he himself went into work with his head, signing an unprecedented contract for the team - 12 performances in Sochi in the summer of 2016. Upon his return from the tour on 08/2/2016, he was supposed to fly to his family in Moscow, but for some reason he returned from the airport to the Angelo Hotel.
Causes of death
His body was discovered on August 10 by a hotel maid. He spent the whole week alone in his room, emptying the minibar and then ordering cognac from the restaurant. Suffering from heart failure, the body could not cope with the abundance of alcohol. Presumably, the showman died from a thromboembolism, having fallen unconscious with his head on the table. As a result, the face turned out to be injured by glass fragments from a glass, so a version of a violent death was initially put forward. The artist's family refused to initiate a criminal case, recognizing the fact of death from natural causes.
It remains a mystery why the showman did not fly to Moscow. These days, his daughter participated in demonstration performances, and for the first time his father was not in the hall. What was Alexey Lyutikov thinking about in the last hours? "Ural dumplings" in an official appeal recognized his contribution to the development of the creative team and expressed their condolences to the family and loved ones. And rumors spread in the press about Lyutikov's possible debts and the alleged termination of the contract with him.
The real fans of KVN are really sorry that the once talented captain of the Kursk people decided to leave the stage.
Former kaveenshchik, director of the "Ural dumplings" Alexei Lyutikov was found dead today in the Angelo hotel in Yekaterinburg. As a source told Life, the director of the "Ural dumplings" drove into the room on August 2 and since then he has practically not left the hotel building. At the same time, dozens of bottles of alcohol were found in the room.
According to Life's source, no traces of violent death were found on the man's body. At the same time, the investigation will check all possible versions of Lyutikov's death. Including those that may be associated with the results of a protracted neurosis. The fact is that for almost half a year the man was a plaintiff in a lawsuit for the right to use the Ural dumplings trademark.
The activities of the popular talk show are managed by two companies: Ural Pelmeni Production and the Ural Pelmeni Creative Association. The actors of the show are co-owners in both companies - Andrey Rozhkov, Dmitry Sokolov, Sergey Isaev, Dmitry Brekotkin, Vyacheslav Myasnikov, Maxim Yaritsa and others Lyutikov worked as the general director of the company "Ural dumplings production." Until the fall of 2015, the "Creative Association" was led by Sergei Netievsky, also a former "dumpling".
Netievsky was removed from his post in 2015 as a result of a meeting of participants (according to the founding documents, all members of the team who own a stake in the company to one degree or another have the right to vote). At the same time, Netievsky continued to perform in numbers as an artist. Officially, Lyutikov then stated that the removal of Netievsky was a simple managerial move in order to increase the efficiency of the show.
Netievsky, however, did not give up and in June 2016 challenged his own dismissal in court. The court invalidated the protocol of the meeting, as a result of which Netievsky was removed. As a result, Netievsky was reinstated as director.
"Dumplings" were sued not only for positions, but also for trademarks. In March 2016, Lyutikov, together with the actors, filed a lawsuit in the capital's arbitration against Netievsky's company Fest Hand Media. At one time, "pelmeni" entered into an agreement with her on granting exclusive rights to the trademark "Ural dumplings". However, in their lawsuit, the actors and Lyutikov asked that the contract be declared invalid.
Lyutikov, after Netievsky left, stated that he had appropriated the exclusive rights to the verbal trademark "Ural dumplings": the brand, he pointed out, should belong to the team.
In July, the parties almost reconciled. Netievsky's lawyer said that his client was ready to agree to a settlement agreement. However, the final decision was not made: Lyutikov's lawyer said that he should consult with the client. As a result, the court adjourned the case until October 2016. At the meeting in the fall, Lyutikov's opinion as a plaintiff regarding the settlement agreement was to be presented.
Alexey Lyutikov passed away in the midst of a legal showdown between comedians
Alexey Lyutikov passed away in the midst of a legal showdown between comedians
On August 10, the tragic news spread around the participants of the humorous show "Ural dumplings": 42-year-old team director Alexei LYUTIKOV was found dead in a hotel room in Yekaterinburg. And although no traces of violent death were found on the lifeless body, many fans of "...dumplings" immediately suspected something was wrong. Indeed, recently Lyutikov found himself at the epicenter of a suddenly erupted scandal between the participants of the popular TV show.
News about the death of the director of "Ural dumplings" with a cheerful surname Lyutikov made many think. Indeed, since 2009, this position has been held by Sergei Netievsky, who, along with other participants in the show, has been on stage for more than twenty years to make people laugh. And suddenly, in the fall of 2015, Alexey Lyutikov unexpectedly replaced him in a leadership position. In the past, he was also a well-known cavalry officer and, as a captain, led the "Service Entrance" team.
In October last year, a grandiose conflict arose in the once friendly and close-knit team of comedians. The reason for the disagreement was primarily money, because recently the participants of the Ural Pelmeni even got to the top of the Forbes list in terms of income. And, apparently, they relaxed, because of which the ratings of their TV shows began to fall - according to the results of the last TV season, “... dumplings” sharply lost ground.
The team blamed Netievsky for all the problems. Say, he ceased to cope with the duties of the director: he was engaged in producing other projects, did not sign financial documents on time, missed the deadlines for filing declarations with the tax office. "Ural dumplings" held a secret ballot, as a result of which Sergey lost his bread position. But the demoted chief did not agree with such a verdict and filed a lawsuit against his former comrades.
Netievsky is now a big Moscow producer, he is engaged in a bunch of projects. He became cramped in our team. And for God's sake. We have and Svetlakov at one time he left for the capital. But since Netievsky is not there, we need a person who knows all this cuisine. So we hired Lyutikov, - explained the "dumpling" Sergey Ershov.
Sergei NETIEVSKY (with a guitar around his neck) was ready for any tricks to amuse the audience. Photo: RIA Novosti
Sharpened the corners
They say that the new boss began to add fuel to the fire, forcing the conflict within the team to flare up with renewed vigor.
Lyutikov is from Kursk, but he lived in Moscow for many years, served as director and was a personal adviser to the general producer of Comedy Club Production, one of the members of the team told us, who asked not to be named. - It was he who drew the attention of the guys to the fact that the fee from their performances is supposedly distributed unfairly. In fact, "... dumplings" receive money based on their share - each owned ten percent in the company. Only earn more Slava Myasnikov, because he, among other things, is also a songwriter for the show. Well, and Netievsky. Previously, this fact did not bother anyone, but when the popularity of "...dumplings" began to fall, which means that incomes also decreased, the people rebelled. In addition, Lyutikov found some more documents, where it was stated that the Ural Pelmeni brand belongs to Netievsky's company. In general, Alexei aggravated the situation so much that in the end he finally quarreled everyone.
Meanwhile, a month ago, the fans of "...dumplings" discussed the new director of the team on one of the forums on the Internet. Many were seriously agitated by rumors of financial scandals in which Lyutikov was allegedly involved.
In his historical homeland (in Kursk), Alexei threw a lot of people for money, - someone wrote under the nickname Safron(author's spelling and punctuation preserved. - A. B. ). - They even wanted to go to Moscow to look for him. And now there he is - great and ... continues to throw. I know that people who wrote that Lyutikov was a crystal-clearly honest person repaid debts for him.
All fans of high-quality humor know them by sight. Photo: wikipedia.org
Be that as it may, a couple of weeks ago, a court in Yekaterinburg invalidated the vote of the comedian team and returned Netievsky to the post of director. "Pelmeni", led by Lyutikov, did not agree with this decision and decided to appeal it. The next hearing is scheduled for October. And then suddenly Lyutikov dies ...
The body of Alexei was found by the maid of the hotel, where he settled on August 2. He arrived in Yekaterinburg with the team after a tour in Sochi. And, having dealt with current affairs, instead of going to Moscow to his wife and two daughters, he bought alcohol and locked himself in the room.
Arriving at the scene, the police found a dozen empty bottles of alcohol in the room, as well as medications for high blood pressure. The cause of Lyutikov's death was named "dilated cardiomyopathy". In other words, my heart failed. It turned out that interruptions with the “motor” of Alexei had been observed for a long time. Some time ago, he suffered a heart attack and became a frequent visitor to the cardiologist's office. Surely health problems were added by litigation. Surprisingly, none of the current participants in the humorous show wanted to talk about the untimely departure of their friend. Only Netievsky was able to squeeze out a few words:
It’s very hard for me now, - Sergey admitted. - Despite all these troubles, Alexei was our friend. This is a huge tragedy - my heart is breaking. It's hard to comment at this moment, sorry.
In one of the rooms of the Angelo Hotel, located near Koltsovo Airport, the body of the director of the Ural dumplings, Alexei Lyutikov, was found, Ura.ru reports, citing eyewitnesses. The press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region confirmed the information and clarified that, according to preliminary data, the death was not of a violent nature.
Valery Gorelykh, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region:
Investigators and police are on the scene. The property is currently being inspected. More information will be available later.
According to a law enforcement source, no injuries were found on the man's body, and all valuables remained in the room. It is possible that death occurred as a result of exceeding the dose of alcohol: a large number of bottles were found in Lyutikov's room.
Note that Alexei Lyutikov was 42 years old. In 1993, he became the captain of the KVN team "Service Entrance". From 2006 to 2011 was a director of development, a member of the board of directors and a personal adviser to the general producer of Comedy Club Production. In 2013, he became director of his own production at Novy Kanal.
