The body of Belarusian athlete Yulia Balykina, whose murder her former lover is suspected of, has been found.
Belarusian police officers found the body of famous athlete Yulia Balykina, whose murder her former partner Dmitry V. is suspected of.
The remains of a 31-year-old resident of Minsk and champion of Belarus in athletics were discovered on Monday in the forest near the village of Starina, Smolevichi district, the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus reports.
The body was wrapped in cellophane and carefully disguised with moss.
The athlete disappeared on October 28, when she went home in a personal Kia Rio car to the Zavodskoy district of Minsk.
After examining the found car and Yulia’s apartment, investigators had reason to believe that she was the victim of an attack. A criminal case was opened under Part 1 of Art. 139 ("Murder").
On suspicion of committing this crime, the police detained Yulia's 28-year-old former partner, Dmitry V. As a result, he was charged under Part 1 of Art. 139 and part 1 of Art. 214 ("Hijacking vehicle") Criminal Code of Belarus.
“An active search for the girl began from the moment the disappearance was reported. Since November 8, by order of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Commander of the Internal Troops Yuri Karaev, 300 soldiers from military units 3214, 5448, 5310 were allocated daily for these purposes. In total, the area was examined 30 square kilometers,” says a press release from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.
According to the deputy head of the first department of the Main Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexander Turban, the operatives, not without reason, believed that the murder suspect was “deliberately hiding the location of the corpse.” Therefore, the territory and search time have increased significantly.
“The body of a woman, wrapped in cellophane and carefully covered with moss, was found in a forest near the village of Starina, Smolevichi district,” the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
Regarding the suspect in the murder of Dmitry V., it is known that he was born in Ukraine, and then moved with his family to Russia and received citizenship. Later, Dmitry’s parents died tragically, and the young man moved to his uncle and aunt in Rogachev (Gomel region of Belarus). There he trained as a tiler-plasterer in college.
Friends call Dmitry "quite a flighty guy". The young man lived and worked in Moscow for some time, where he even had a child. But then the family broke up.
From Moscow, Dmitry V. moved to Minsk, where he met the beautiful athlete Yulia Balykina. The girl’s parents helped her buy an apartment in Minsk. But soon the couple's relationship deteriorated.
“They broke up about two months ago. Before that they lived normally, and then renovations and quarrels began. So, most likely, they did not survive the renovations.”, says Dmitry V.’s friend, with whom he has been friends since college.
On September 17, Dmitry V. posted a post on social networks with a photo of Yulia and a lengthy comment. “Only now, after months and years, have I begun to discover it. She is the source that fills us. Other sources are poison.”, - wrote Dmitry.
There was speculation that jealousy could be the motive for the murder.
At the same time, Yulia Balykina’s sports friends are discussing the version that "it all happened because of money". Dmitry had problems with funds, and he did not have a permanent job.
Balykina’s friend also said that several weeks ago Yulia complained to him about threats from her former partner, writes Charter97.”
“If you abandon me completely, I’ll do something that will land me in jail.”, - Dmitry allegedly said.
According to Yulia, she did not want a complete break in the relationship. “I don’t know what to do with him. I feel sorry for him.”, - a friend recalls the words of the athlete.
Yulia's acquaintances also say that Dmitry had an accomplice: supposedly there are recordings from video cameras of the gas station where Yulia's car stopped after her disappearance. The video shows that two people were sitting in the front of the car.
Born on April 12, 1984 in the city of Bulgan (Mongolia). She started playing sports at the age of 18 in Ukraine, in Zaporozhye, and in 2008 she moved to Belarus. International master of sports, multiple champion of Belarus in the 100 and 200 meters.
Performed at Olympic Games ah 2012 in the 100-meter race and 4x100-meter relay for the Belarusian team.
In 2013, Julia decided to graduate sports career(at that time she was disqualified for 2 years for doping; the period expired in the summer of 2015).
Since 2014, she has worked as a trainer-teacher at the Minsk specialized children's and youth school. sports school Olympic reserve No. 2 BFSO "Dynamo".
Sometimes a person lives, tries, and suddenly leaves this world. Today we will talk about an athlete who may not have achieved great world fame, but for many she will remain in fond memory. Unfortunately, you shouldn't expect a happy ending from this story.
Yulia Balykina. Biography
The path of the outstanding Belarusian runner began in the steppe of Mongolia. On April 12, 1984, the future athlete was born in the city of Bulgan. In their youth, the parents, taking their beloved and only daughter with them, moved to live in Ukraine, in the city of Zaporozhye. At a fairly late age (18 years), as for professional sports, Julia started light activities athletics.
Even the first coach Vasily Yaroslavovich Bodnar was not very inspired, but the girl’s perseverance and desire to study and conquer peaks did not leave her for a moment. Training hard, Yulia Balykina over the course of a year caught up with the results of her junior age peers. She was sincerely happy that she succeeded and continued to train hard.
But then her coach received a lucrative invitation to train Iranian athletes; she had to leave the team in Ukraine and move. Since Julia trained hard and did not want to give up the queen of sports, the coach helped her. He asked for his good friend in sports since the times of the USSR, who lived and coached a team of sprinters in Minsk (Belarus), take her to his place. This is how she ended up with her second and last coach in her career - Viktor Myasnikov.
Personal life
At the same time, the athlete met her future husband, Nikolai Shubenko from Belarus, who was training athletics in the all-around discipline. Yulia liked to train in Minsk, but, unfortunately, things didn’t work out with her family. After five years together family life(from 2008 to 2012) the couple separated. Everyone was told that they simply didn’t get along. There were no children.
Yulia Balykina (the athlete’s photo reflects her stubbornness and desire for a goal) was number one in the race short distances in the Belarus team after 2010.
She even competed at the 2012 London Olympics in the signature 100-meter distance, and ran for the Belarusian national team in the 4x100-meter relay. Having repeatedly won national competitions, she was able to overtake even the legend of the Belarusian sprint, the champion of the 2014 Athens Olympic Games at a distance of 100 meters. The namesake was her idol, as the athlete herself admitted in an interview. Of the foreign sprint stars, she liked Carmelita Jetter.
Yulia Balykina is an athlete with a strong spirit, but a modest disposition. She never complained about anyone from the team; there was always complete understanding with the coach. In a word, everything in her career was going great.
End of sports career
As often happens with athletes of the most prestigious distance, their doping tests turn out to be positive. So, in 2013, on June 11, the first unpleasant news came, and Yulia was disqualified for two years for detecting a prohibited substance in her blood. Because of this, Julia made the final decision to leave big sport and the end of a career. The athlete’s years were no longer the same, the sport requires young and fresh, and her age was already approaching the “30” mark.
Personal achievements of Yulia Balykina with a height of 165 centimeters and a weight of about 60 kilograms were 11.25 seconds per 100 meters (2010). In the 50 meter run - 6.26 seconds and in the 60 meter run - 7.24 seconds (set in 2012 Olympic year). In Belarus, the athlete was awarded the title of international master of sports.
Tragic fate
After retiring from her career, in 2014 Yulia Balykina got a job as a specialization coach at the Olympic reserve school No. 2 of the Dynamo sports club (Minsk), where she taught children sportsmanship until the moment of his tragic death.
On October 28, 2015, Yulia disappeared. She left after work and was never seen again (except her killer). Many hundreds of employees from various authorities searched for the body for a long time. On November 16, he was finally discovered in a forest near Minsk in a plastic bag. After a criminal investigation, a suspect was found - Dmitry Vishtalyuk (citizen Russian Federation, a native of Ukraine).
During the investigation and at trial, the guy, who was three years younger than Yulia herself, admitted to committing a brutal crime. A year before the crime, the attacker met Yulia in social networks, did not have a permanent job, used drugs. Leaving Dmitry a certain amount to renovate her apartment, Yulia went to Ukraine to visit her parents. Upon arrival, not seeing the promised repairs, having discovered the loss of savings, the owner was unhappy and expressed this to her ex-boyfriend, for which she received 12 blows with a hammer (11 of which to the head).
Yulia, who was barely breathing, was abandoned in the bathroom of her apartment; after some time, the criminal returned and took away the girl’s already dead body, her personal belongings and the car. The offender asked his parents, relatives and friends for forgiveness in court, realizing that it was difficult to forgive such a thing. Yulia’s mother said with tears in her eyes: “God will forgive.” The parents asked permission to bury their daughter in Ukraine.
Yulia Balykina is an athlete who will forever remain in Olympic history Belarus.
Investigators have revealed details of the investigation into the murder of athlete Yulia Balykina, whose body was found on November 16 last year in the forest near the village of Starina in the Smolevichi region.
— On October 30, a message was received from a young man. He said that since October 29 he could not find his friend Yulia Balykina, with whom he broke up the night before, he recalls Vladimir Rudishkin, first deputy head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee.
An examination of the crime scene showed that the athlete’s disappearance was criminal in nature. Information appeared that Yulia's car was missing.
Investigators found a young man with whom the athlete had been dating for some time. The guy did not work anywhere, was registered in the Gomel region, and lived for several months in the apartment that Yulia rented. He confessed to the crime.
— In Balykina’s apartment, traces of blood were found in the bathroom and in the hallway. A hammer was also seized from the scene of the incident, and a car belonging to Yulia was found in Zhodino. A package of chewing gum was found in the entrance of her house, which contained the athlete’s car keys and jewelry with traces of blood, he says. Evgeniy Arkhireev, Deputy Head of the Investigative Committee for Minsk. “The blood of Balykina and her friend was found on the handle of the hammer. Within 24 hours, the suspect was detained. We found the culprit, but didn't find the body.
The accused was under the influence of drugs at the time of the murder. He struck Yulia 12 times with a hammer, 11 of which were to the head. He wrapped the corpse in cellophane and took it out into the forest. More than 300 people searched for Julia for 17 days.
The suspect could not clearly explain where the girl’s body was located. He said that he didn’t know the area well and named different burial places - in the Minsk, Logoisk and Smolevichi regions. As it turned out later, he did this on purpose.
“The young people broke up on Julia’s initiative; perhaps the young man was not satisfied with this decision, which became the motive for the crime,” suggests Vladimir Rudishkin. “The reason could have been the renovations that the man did in Yulia’s apartment and the quality of which she was dissatisfied with.
The accused partially admitted his guilt - he disputes the number of blows.
“The case is now in the prosecutor’s office, but today it will be sent to court,” he said. Alexander Reutsky, Deputy Prosecutor of Minsk.
For murder, the accused faces up to 25 years in prison, life imprisonment or execution.
Let us remind you that on October 28, the athlete went home in a personal car to the Zavodskoy district of the capital, after which. , wrapped in cellophane and carefully covered with moss, was discovered on November 16 in the forest near the village of Starina in the Smolevichi region. A 28-year-old man, an acquaintance of the athlete, was detained.
March 7, 2017Yulia Balykina was born on April 12, 1984 in the city of Bulgan (Mongolia). She started playing sports at the age of 18 in Ukraine, in Zaporozhye, and in 2008 she moved to Belarus. International master of sports, multiple champion of Belarus in the 100 and 200 meters. She competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in the 100-meter race and 4x100-meter relay for the Belarusian team.
In 2013, Yulia decided to end her sports career (at that time she was disqualified for 2 years for doping; the period expired in the summer of 2015). Since 2014, she has worked as a coach and teacher at the Minsk specialized children's and youth sports school of the Olympic reserve No. 2 of the BFSO "Dynamo".
Sometimes a person lives, tries, and suddenly leaves this world. Today we will talk about an athlete who may not have achieved great world fame, but for many she will remain in fond memory. Unfortunately, you shouldn't expect a happy ending from this story.
Yulia Balykina. Biography
The path of the outstanding Belarusian runner began in the steppe of Mongolia. On April 12, 1984, the future athlete was born in the city of Bulgan. In their youth, the parents, taking their beloved and only daughter with them, moved to live in Ukraine, in the city of Zaporozhye. At a rather late age (18 years old), as for professional sports, Yulia began athletics.
Even the first coach Vasily Yaroslavovich Bodnar was not very inspired, but the girl’s perseverance and desire to study and conquer peaks did not leave her for a moment. Training hard, Yulia Balykina over the course of a year caught up with the results of her junior age peers. She was sincerely happy that she succeeded and continued to train hard.
But then her coach received a lucrative invitation to train Iranian athletes; she had to leave the team in Ukraine and move. Since Julia trained hard and did not want to give up the queen of sports, the coach helped her. He asked his good sports friend from Soviet times, who lived and coached a sprint team in Minsk (Belarus), to take her with him. This is how she ended up with her second and last coach in her career, Viktor Myasnikov.
Personal life
At the same time, the athlete met her future husband, Nikolai Shubenko from Belarus, who was involved in athletics in the all-around discipline. Yulia liked to train in Minsk, but, unfortunately, things didn’t work out with her family. After five years of married life (from 2008 to 2012), the couple separated. Everyone was told that they simply didn’t get along. There were no children.
Yulia Balykina (the photo of the athlete reflects her stubbornness and desire for a goal) was number one in the short distance running in the Belarusian team after 2010.
She even competed at the 2012 London Olympics in the signature 100-meter distance, and ran for the Belarusian national team in the 4x100-meter relay. Repeatedly winning national competitions, she was able to overtake even the legend of the Belarusian sprint, champion of the 2014 Athens Olympic Games at a distance of 100 meters, Yulia Nesterenko. The namesake was her idol, as the athlete herself admitted in an interview. Of the foreign sprint stars, she liked Carmelita Jetter.
Yulia Balykina is an athlete with a strong spirit, but a modest disposition. She never complained about anyone from the team; there was always complete understanding with the coach. In a word, everything in her career was going great.
End of sports career
As often happens with athletes of the most prestigious distance, their doping tests turn out to be positive. So, in 2013, on June 11, the first unpleasant news came, and Yulia was disqualified for two years for detecting a prohibited substance in her blood. Because of this, Julia made the final decision to leave big sport and end her career. The athlete’s years were no longer the same, the sport requires young and fresh, and her age was already approaching the “30” mark.
Personal achievements of Yulia Balykina with a height of 165 centimeters and a weight of about 60 kilograms were 11.25 seconds per 100 meters (2010). In the 50 meter run - 6.26 seconds and in the 60 meter run - 7.24 seconds (set in the 2012 Olympic year). In Belarus, the athlete was awarded the title of international master of sports.
Tragic fate
After finishing her career, in 2014 Yulia Balykina got a job as a specialization coach at the Olympic reserve school No. 2 of the Dynamo sports club (Minsk), where she taught children sports skills until her tragic death.
On October 28, 2015, Yulia disappeared. She left after work and was never seen again (except her killer). Many hundreds of employees from various authorities searched for the body for a long time. On November 16, he was finally discovered in a forest near Minsk in a plastic bag. After a criminal investigation, a suspect was found - Dmitry Vishtalyuk (citizen of the Russian Federation, native of Ukraine).
During the investigation and at trial, the guy, who was three years younger than Yulia herself, admitted to committing a brutal crime. The attacker met Yulia on social networks a year before the crime, did not have a permanent job, and used drugs. Leaving Dmitry a certain amount to renovate her apartment, Yulia went to Ukraine to visit her parents. Upon arrival, not seeing the promised repairs, having discovered the loss of savings, the owner was unhappy and expressed this to her ex-boyfriend, for which she received 12 blows with a hammer (11 of which to the head).
Yulia, who was barely breathing, was abandoned in the bathroom of her apartment; after some time, the criminal returned and took away the girl’s already dead body, her personal belongings and the car. The offender asked his parents, relatives and friends for forgiveness in court, realizing that it was difficult to forgive such a thing. Yulia’s mother said with tears in her eyes: “God will forgive.” The parents asked permission to bury their daughter in Ukraine.
Yulia Balykina is an athlete who will forever remain in the Olympic history of Belarus.
