June 7, 2025 • 45 mins
Her fans thought she was taking a break. Her friends thought she was busy. But behind the silence, something had gone terribly wrong.
When Russian influencer Anastasia Grishman—known online as “grshmn”—suddenly went silent on TikTok and OnlyFans, her absence raised few alarms. But behind her carefully curated posts and growing digital presence, something was deeply wrong.
Anastasia had been living in St. Petersburg, balancing work as a tattoo artist with an increasingly public life in adult content creation. At her side was her boyfriend, a man who managed her bookings, her income, and much of her life. As tensions in the relationship grew, so did signs of control, jealousy, and isolation.
In this episode, we follow the final weeks of Anastasia’s life in the public eye—and the hidden events that led to a disturbing discovery. We also examine a broader pattern of exploitation and violence affecting online creators worldwide, and the systemic factors that allow it to continue, largely unchecked.
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When Russian influencer Anastasia Grishman—known online as “grshmn”—suddenly went silent on TikTok and OnlyFans, her absence raised few alarms. But behind her carefully curated posts and growing digital presence, something was deeply wrong.
Anastasia had been living in St. Petersburg, balancing work as a tattoo artist with an increasingly public life in adult content creation. At her side was her boyfriend, a man who managed her bookings, her income, and much of her life. As tensions in the relationship grew, so did signs of control, jealousy, and isolation.
In this episode, we follow the final weeks of Anastasia’s life in the public eye—and the hidden events that led to a disturbing discovery. We also examine a broader pattern of exploitation and violence affecting online creators worldwide, and the systemic factors that allow it to continue, largely unchecked.
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phone kept lighting up, notifications after notifications, messages from friends,
from fans, from people who cared. Yet the replies were unusual, short, vague,
sometimes cold, distant, like a voice from behind a locked door,
careful not to say too much. A young woman who
had built a life online, sharing herself with hundreds of thousands,
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Her world was vibrant and noisy, alive with the steady
pulse of content, videos, photos, streams, moments captured and shared
with an audience that never stopped watching. She was present.
She was, until one day she wasn't. Her accounts went silent.
The usual flood of posts dried up, tik tok feeds
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stopped refreshing, only fans updates ceased. A void settled where
her energy once radiated. For a creator so prolific, so connected,
this silence was impossible to ignore. Her closest friends noticed first.
They reached out. Calls went unanswered. Texts were met with
brief messages, always similar in tone. I'm not feeling well,
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one said, I need some space, read another. But no
one had actually seen her, No one knew where she was.
Concern turned to unease. Friends tried to visit. Doors went unanswered,
the apartment was locked tight, and still the messages came.
Never voice notes, never videos, never the warmth of her
real presence, just words, carefully typed, detached, rehearsed. It wasn't
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like her. As the days stretched on, the silence deepened,
and the strange messages persisted, something was wrong. Then, after
nearly a week of growing dread, the illusion shattered. A
troubling discovery came to light. Not what anyone expected, not
what anyone could have prepared for. What was found would
unravel everything. A carefully maintained facade, a chilling secret hidden
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behind the screen. This is the story of Anastasia Grishman.
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Anastasia Grishman was born on February seventh, nineteen ninety six,
in Leningrad, renamed Saint Petersburg just five years earlier, after
the fall of the Soviet Union. Her early life was
shaped by the same instability that had marked post Soviet
Russia for much of the nineteen nineties. It was a
time of economic collapse, political upheaval, and growing social inequality.
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For ordinary families, survival often came ahead of structure or care.
Anastasia's father was present in name only. An alcoholic, he
was largely absent throughout her upbringing. He drifted in and
out of her life, leaving little behind beyond unmet expectations.
Her mother, Elena, became the only stable adult figure, but
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even her presence was erratic. The family was extremely poor.
In interviews years later, Anastasia described how she and her
mother moved frequently, staying in hostels or shared rooms for
over a decade. The pair lacked a stable place to live.
At one point, they slept in the same bed in
a crowded communal hostile where strangers came and went at
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all hours of the night. There was no privacy, no consistency,
no safety. Despite Elena's efforts to work and support them,
she was often away for long stretches, taking jobs in
other cities that left Anastasia alone, frequently unsupervised and exposed
to the harshness of her hen environment. She was still
a child. She would later describe that period as one
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of deep loneliness. She felt invisible, left to raise herself.
The absence of adult care left scars. She grew up
guarded and emotionally self contained. She later said that from
the age of five she could already sense that she
wasn't anyone's priority. She became what she called self taught
in life, figuring things out alone because no one else
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was available to show her. The result was a child
who appeared tough on the surface, but who internalized the
belief that she had been forgotten or rejected by the
people who were supposed to protect her. At age twelve,
Elena sent her to live with her paternal grandmother in
the town of Kolpino, about thirty kilometers southeast of central
Saint Petersburg. To the outside world, it was a positive move.
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The apartment was stable, she had her own room, there
was food, quiet, and structure. But to Anastasia, the change
only deepened her sense of abandonment. Her grandmother, her Babushka,
became the first consistent adult figure in her life, but
the move came with a message that her mother had
chosen to prioritize work relationships or simply her own comfort
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over being with her daughter. This perceived rejection shaped Anastasia's worldview.
She began to isolate herself emotionally, She struggled with depressive
thoughts and developed an eating disorder. Though she rarely presented
herself as vulnerable in public, friends who knew her well
described someone who could swing between extremes warm and energetic
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in one moment, withdrawn and self critical the next. She
admitted that she struggled to trust others. She would often
preemptively push people away. Still in the privacy of her
grandmother's home, she began to find direction. She discovered an
early love for art. Her grandmother encouraged her creativity, never
dismissing her ideas, no matter how unusual they seemed. Anastasia
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began drawing obsessively. She used her bedroom walls as sketch pads.
She moved on to painting, and eventually to tattoo design.
Her notebooks were filled with anime characters, fantasy motifs, and
symbols of escape. She spent hours watching animated films and
sketching scenes framed by frame. She dreamed of becoming a
famous artist of being known and remembered. At fifteen, she
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had her first tattoo, inked illegally given her age. Not
long after, she began tattooing herself. She would later become
known for the large portions of her body she had
covered on her own, using a handheld tattoo machine and
a mirror. It was both an act of defiance and
control in a world where she had often felt powerless,
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Marking her own body on her own terms gave her
a sense of agency. Her physical appearance became a form
of identity. She dyed her hair, adopted piercings, wore heavy makeup,
and leaned into gothic, punk and anime subcultures. It wasn't
just about aesthetic, it was about asserting who she was
and who she wasn't. She spoke openly about rejecting traditional
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Russian beauty standards. She resented what she saw as the
country's obsession with conformity. She wanted to be different, and
she was. Online, she adopted the handle Greshaman, a shortened
stylized version of her surname, and began sharing photos and
videos of her life. She posted makeup tutorials, cosplay shoots
and clips of her cat, but her focus gradually shifted
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toward tattooing. Her specialty was anime style work, bold vivid
pieces with clean lines and detailed color palettes. She worked
from home, often on friends or clients who found her
through social media. By eighteen, she was running a full
time tattoo business out of her apartment. She'd found a niche.
Her work was in demand, but she didn't stop there.
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Anastasia was unusually tech savvy. She had taken online courses
in computer programming and web design. She launched side projects
offering to disse zie tutorials and coding lessons. She ran
multiple Telegram channels. She created content on subscription platforms, often
blending cosplay, modeling, and erotic photography into a highly stylized,
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curated persona. She was an early adopter of tik Tok,
joining the platform in twenty nineteen. Her account grew quickly.
Within a year, she had over a quarter of a
million followers. Her blend of visual artistry, offbeat humor, and
candid storytelling made her stand out in a sea of
content creators. Her esthetic was distinctive, her voice was direct.
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To many of her fans. She represented something rare authenticity.
But her most successful and most controversial content was her
adult material. She shot and edited everything herself. Her work
was widely viewed and brought in significant income. Friends said
she treated it as a business. She set her own rules.
She maintained control of her content. The line between persona
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and person was carefully managed. What she chose to show
the public was deliberate. Privately, Anastasia remained guarded. Friends said
she could be warm, generous, and fiercely loyal, but few
people knew her whole story. Her relationships were intense, sometimes
short lived, and occasionally volatile. She described herself as someone
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who struggled with closeness. She feared being replaced, she feared
being forgotten. Despite this, she built a strong inner circle
of friends and colleagues who respected her talent and independence.
She cared deeply about animals and regularly donated to shelters.
She maintained close contact with her grandmother. She was known
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for sending long voice notes, often filled with thoughtful observations
and dry humor. Anastasia Grishman had by her mid twenties
created a life that defied the expectations placed on her.
She was financially independent. She was widely recognized in her
creative circles. And she had done it without traditional support,
without family, mind, without industry connections, and without compromising who
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Let's get back to it. Dmitry Kumlovsky was born on
February fifteenth, nineteen ninety eight, in the southwestern Siberian city
of Omsk, Situated along the Irtysh River and known for
its stark winters and Soviet era infrastructure. Omsk was a
remote industrial center with limited opportunities for upward mobility. Like
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many cities in post Soviet Russia, it was shaped by
decades of under investment, tight social control, and economic disparity.
It was within this context that Dmitri entered the world.
Very little is publicly known about Dmitri's early childhood. What
is known is that his mother died when he was
still very young. The circumstances of her death have never
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been made public, but her absence marked the defining event
of his early years. His father remarried not long afterward,
and Dmitri was raised by his father and stepmother. Friends
and former acquaintances would later describe Dmitri as a withdrawn
and quiet child, emotionally closed off, shy, and often uncomfortable
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in social settings. His early experience of loss and displacement
appeared to shape the way he related to others. Those
who knew him described a boy who kept to himself,
one who seemed perpetually on edge, wary of emotional exposure.
By adolescence, Dmitri had found a kind of outlet online.
He became extremely active on Vicontact, the Russian equivalent of Facebook.
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There he began curating a persona that many would later
describe as troubling. His posts often focused on themes of
death and decay. He was known to upload photos of
himself in grave yards, sometimes posing beside headstones belonging to
girls who had died young. One caption read that he
enjoyed walking among the graves of girls much younger than him.
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To outsiders, the posts were difficult to interpret. Some viewed
them as attempts at morbid artistic expression. Others saw them
as signals of something darker. A friend from that period
recalled him as being relentless with these death posts. His
social media presence also revealed a fixation on junk food, poetry,
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and highly controlling attitudes toward romantic relationships. On more than
one occasion, Dmitri posted public lists outlining his requirements for
a potential partner. These included strict and disturbing criteria based
on age and body weight. In one post, he wrote
that he would never sleep with some one over a
certain weight or over sixteen. Elsewhere, he referred to his
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then girl friend Margherita in degrading terms, saying she was
nothing more than skin to him. Friends described these remarks
as misogynistic, disrespectful, and troubling. Despite these attitudes, Dmitri remained
in a long term relationship with Margherita for five years.
The two had known each other since childhood and for
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a time were described as a stable couple. Their relationship, however,
was not conventional. By the time they were adults, Dmitri
and Margherita were producing and appearing in their own pornographic videos.
According to Margherita, the idea had been Dmitri's. She later
claimed she agreed to take part out of fear, stating
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that she believed he would leave her if she refused.
Her accounts of their relationship grew more troubling as time
went on. In interviews, she accused Dmitri of emotional abuse
and manipulation. She said he had once raised a hand
to her, and described an incident where he strangled her
during any argument on the day they separated. She also
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claimed that he gaslighted her throughout the final stages of
their relationship, particularly after he became close with another woman,
Anastasia Grishman. Professionally, Dmitri drifted between projects. He earned money
through a mixture of web design, IT programming, and what
he called home movies, a euphemism for amateur pornography. Under
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Russian law, producing pornographic material for commercial purposes is illegal,
though enforcement tends to be uneven. The penalties ranged from
two to six years in prison. Dmitri appeared to operate
in the gray areas of the law, avoiding formal studios
and distributing content through subscription platforms. He had no formal
business licenses, and his work was shared under pseudonyms. At eighteen,
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Dmitri relocated to Saint Petersburg with Margharita. There he picked
up occasional it work while continuing to build his online presence.
His social circles were mostly limited to others involved in
fringed creative scenes, including adult content producers and amateur coders.
His behavior remained erratic and at times inappropriate. Acquaintances described
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him as socially awkward and incapable of understanding boundaries. Some
who had interacted with him online said they had blocked
him after receiving unsolicited or unsettling messages. By the age
of nineteen, Dmitri already had a criminal record. His first
offense came at sixteen, when he was convicted of theft.
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His second offense was for evading mandatory military service, a
serious crime in Russia. All men in the country are
required to serve in the military at age eighteen. Avoiding
this obligation carries criminal penalties and results in permanent restrictions
on travel. Dmitri was prosecuted for the evasion, and as
a result, was barred from leaving the country. His criminal record,
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combined with his online history and the accounts provided by
his former partner, painted a picture of someone who had
struggled with impulse control and displayed a persistent disregard for
social norms. His digital footprint was filled with red flags,
disturbing content, misogynistic rhetoric, and affixation on control and power.
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When Dmitri first crossed paths with Anastasia Grishman, he was
still working odd jobs in tech, producing adult videos and
maintaining a modest online presence under various aliases. To those
who knew her, the connection between Anastasia and Dmitri was
difficult to reconcile. She was creative, independent, and professionally respected. He,
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by contrast, had a checkered past, questionable ethics, and a
growing history of interpersonal harm. But their paths had intersected
and the outcome would leave a permanent mark. In late
twenty twenty one, around the beginning of September, Dmitri Camlopvski,
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then still using the surname Chernishov, was referred to a
tattoo artist named Anastasia Grishman. The recommendation came from Margarita,
Dmitri's long term girlfriend at the time. Margarita had been
a client of Anastasia's and referred to her as her
favorite tattooist. Dmitri booked a large scale tattoo that required
multiple sessions. This meant he would be returning to Anastasia's
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studio on several occasions in the weeks and months that followed.
From the beginning, the two formed an easy rapport. They
found they shared many interests. Both had a love of cars.
Anastasia was especially fond of supercars and had been involved
in the street racing scene. They were also drawn to art,
and both had a highly visible relationship with body modification.
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Dmitri had tattoos on his face, Anastasia was covered in ink.
More importantly, their connections seemed to run deeper than shared tastes.
Both had experienced early emotional aband in different forms. Dmitri's
mother had died when he was very young. Anastasia's mother
had grown distant after Anastasia reached adolescence, more focused on
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work and new relationships than her daughter. Dmitri and Anastasia
bonded over what they saw as a shared emotional deficit,
an aching lack of stable maternal presence. They also shared
a sense of hunger to make something of themselves. Both
had come from modest backgrounds, both wanted success, attention, influence.
Their friendship moved quickly. By late twenty twenty one, it
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had evolved into something more. Dmitri and Anastasia began an
affair while he was still living with Margarita. Margherita noticed
the change immediately. She confronted Dmitri several times, accusing him
of cheating. The arguments became heated. At one point, Margherita
threatened to take her own life. In an apparent attempt
to de escalate the situation, Dmitri and Anastasia visited the
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flat where Margherita still lived with Dmitri. The meeting quickly deteriorated.
Margherita ran out into the snow barefoot, still in her pajamas.
It was Anastasia who called the ambulance. Not long after this,
Margherita learned that Dmitri had bought Anastasia a car. It
was a significant purchase, one he had never offered to
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make for her. She felt betrayed and publicly humiliated. According
to later reports, she took the car and deliberately crashed it.
Dmitri soon left Margherita for good. He and Anastasia became
a couple. By early twenty twenty two, their relationship had
deepened to include professional collaboration. Dmitri took on multiple roles
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in Anastasia's growing business. He handled her tattoo bookings, managed
her online presence, edited content, and helped sell digital courses
in programming and design. His support appeared to be effective.
Within a matter of months, Anastasia's annual earnings nearly doubled
from approximately four million roubles to seven million. The pair
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married in February twenty twenty two, just five months after
they first met. Shortly after the wedding, there was a
sudden shift in direction. Dmitri, who had previously filmed pornographic
material with Margarita, convinced Anastasia to join him in a
similar venture. The two began producing adult content together. They
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started on OnlyFans and later moved some of their material
to Pornhub. Within weeks, Anastasia's new career path had become
a matter of public scrutiny. In April twenty twenty two,
she was invited to appear on a talk show called
Beyond the Edge. The program was known for its combative
tone and controversial subject matter. During the broadcast, Anastasia's mother
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expressed strong disapproval of her daughter's involvement in pornography, placing
much of the blame on Dmitri. Anastasia, in turn, seemed
prepared for the backlash. She portrayed herself as defiant, even provocative.
She told the host panel that doing porn had always
been a dream of hers and that Dmitri had simply
helped her realize it. Margherita, Dmitri's now ex girlfriend, was
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also invited onto the show. Her presence added further tension.
She accused Dmitri of manipulation and abuse, alleging that he
had pressured her into making adult content and had physically
assaulted her. She also suggested that Dmitri had chosen Anastasia
because she already had an online following and social media presence.
She was an influencer and a well known tattooist. Anastasia
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responded to these accusations by labeling Margherita jealous. When pressed
by the panel about the violence claims, Dmitri dismissed them outright.
He was cruel and derisive. He compared the two women,
publicly praising Anastasia's looks while calling Margarita hysterical. Despite the
show's confrontational nature and despite the clear warnings voiced by
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both Margarita and Anastasia's mother, Anastasia stood by Dmitri. She
referred to him as a hero and down unplayed the accusations.
But when her mother broke down on camera, Anastasia seemed
momentarily shaken. She admitted that her relationship with her mother
mattered more to her than her work in porn. Dmitri,
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perhaps sensing public opinion shifting, agreed to let her leave
the industry if that was what she wanted. After the
appearance on Beyond the Edge, there was a marked change
behind the scenes. In the following months, Anastasia's enthusiasm for
the relationship began to wane. Dmitri had abandoned all other
work and was now financially dependent on her. Their arguments
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increased in frequency and intensity. Anastasia began to resent him.
According to accounts from people close to her, she described
him as a burden. She started to make plans in secret.
Her goal was to leave Dmitri, leave the business, and
leave the country. She intended to move to South Korea
and open a tattoo studio there. She began selling her
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possessions and putting money aside. Invided in another TikToker named Kiril,
telling him about her frustrations and fears. By late July
twenty twenty two, Dmitri had moved out of her apartment.
The relationship had fully collapsed. Anastasia was in the process
of organizing a divorce. According to friends, she was optimistic
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about the future and was preparing to leave Russia for good.
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notes and we're back. Thanks for sticking through that. Let's
get back to it. Anastasia's audience was drawn to her
distinct esthetic, heavy tattoos, many self done, and an anime
inspired goth style that made her instantly recognizable. In videos.
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She often appeared in elaborate cosplay or casual but stylized outfits,
speaking with calm confidence about her tattoos, her work, and
sometimes her challenges. Her posts were frequent, often daily. For many,
she wasn't just a content creator, she was a familiar
presence in their lives. Her reach extended far beyond Russia's border,
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but to her followers and friends, the unfiltered moments she
shared online snippets from her apartment, close ups of her
tattoo sessions, her quiet humor were the content they responded
to most. So when Anastasia's usual stream of updates abruptly
stopped in mid August, it didn't go unnoticed. At first.
The silence seemed temporary. Some fans speculated that she was
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taking a break. Others thought she might be traveling. On
her public accounts, no new videos or posts appeared. Still,
messages sent to her were answered. The replies came through
Instagram and messaging apps. Friends reaching out received short responses. Anastasia,
they were told, was feeling unwell, she needed time, was
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feeling low, or simply wanted to be alone. A few
were told she was ill. Others were reassured that there
was nothing to worry about. The tone was plausible, but
slightly off. She didn't send voice notes, she didn't call.
It was all text, brief, somewhat flat. Some friends noticed
the change, but gave her space, taking the words at
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face value. One friend, Kiril, had only recently become close
to Anastasia. He received a message that their friendship was over,
that she didn't want to see him anymore. The wording
was abrupt, inconsistent with previous conversations. He questioned it privately,
but didn't push. Others were told she was sick and
asked not to visit. It was enough to hold off
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concern for a few days, but the absence of new
content was harder to explain away. Anastasia had always maintained
a regular online rhythm, whether through short form videos, stories,
or previews of her work. She had rarely gone more
than a day or two without posts. Now a full
week had passed. Her profiles remained visible, her older posts
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still receiving likes and comments, but she was silent. Dms
were answered, notifications were seen, but there were no signs
of new photos, no glimpses of her face, no recent
clips in her voice. Some messages from her sounded neutral,
others were evasive. When friends suggested meeting in person or
calling directly, they were deflected. Concerns began to build a
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few of her friends formed a private chat to compare
what they had heard. The stories didn't quite match. One
had been told she was at home with the flu,
another that she was traveling with no reception, another that
she'd gone off line to deal with depression. Even among
her most loyal friends, unease set in Her mother hadn't
heard her voice in days. Attempts to reach her by
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phone led nowhere. The messaging continued, but something felt wrong.
Anastasia had never disappeared like this before. She had once
taken a break from posting, but she had warned people
in advance. This was different, This was silent. Then came
another unsettling detail. A listing appeared online under her name,
an advertisement for personal items for sale. Friends who saw
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it wondered who had posted it and why. A lease
extension had reportedly been filed on her apartment, though she
had never mentioned any change of plans. By the end
of the week, a handful of those closest to her
decided they couldn't wait any longer. With no direct confirmation
of her well being, and with the growing fear that
the person responding to messages might not be Anastasa at all,
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they went to her apartment. What they found there would
bring the digital masquerade to an end and force investigators
to confront a far more troubling question. Accounts differ slightly.
Some say it was a single friend who first raised
the alarm. Others describe a group who went together to
check on her. But what's clear as this on or
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just before August tenth, someone got close enough to her
apartment to notice something wrong. A foul odor was coming
from behind the door. It wasn't just a faint, unpleasant scent.
It was the kind of smell that couldn't be explained
by garbage or mildew. It was sharp, heavy chemical sweeteners
hung in the air, perfume sprayed in excess. Later investigators
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would find that the apartments pipes and vents had been
sealed with duct tape, an apparent effort to block airflow,
an attempt to stop the smell from spreading. It hadn't worked.
What happened next unfolded quickly. With no response from inside
and growing fears for her safety, police were called to
the scene. They forced entry inside the flat. They found
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the source of the odor in the bathroom. Submerged in
the tub was the body of Anastasia Grishman. She had
been there for days. Her death was confirmed at the scene.
She had been stabbed repeatedly, at least twenty two According
to the medical report. The injuries were concentrated on her neck,
with six deep wounds believed to be the fatal ones.
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Her body had remained in the water for approximately a week.
At the time of her discovery, those who had received
messages from her were still trying to convince themselves she
was just offline, that she was resting, that maybe she
was dealing with something personal and didn't want to be disturbed.
But those messages hadn't come from Anastasia. They had come
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from someone else. And now investigators had a body, they
had a crime scene, and they had reason to believe
that the person who had been impersonating her, keeping friends
at a distance buying time, was much closer than anyone
had suspected. As news of Anastasia Grishman's death broke across
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Saint Petersburg, attention quickly turned to the man who had
been the last known person to see her he alive, Dmitri.
In the days following Anastasia's disappearance, Dmitri had maintained a quiet,
calculated performance. He'd posed as her online, replying to messages
from friends, followers, and clients. He gave them vague updates,
told them she was sick, depressed, that she needed space.
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For a time, the impersonation was convincing enough to delay suspicion,
but only for a time. Then came the misstep. Roughly
three days after Anastasia stopped communicating with the outside world,
Dmitri met with a group of acquaintances, people who knew
both him and Anastasia. Among them was a young woman
named Layah, a mutual friend of the pair. Initially, Dmitri
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seemed nervous, preoccupied, but then his demeanor shifted. In what
seemed like a spontaneous outburst. He began speaking, sharing what
he described as deep personal truths. The group listened in
silence as Dmitri claimed that he and Anastasia had made
a suicide pact, one that he said had exist for years.
According to Dmitri, Anastasia had struggled with depression for most
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of her life. She'd asked him to kill her, he said,
begged him repeatedly, and now he had finally followed through. Liya,
confused and alarmed, pressed him further. That's when Dmitri set
it outright. Yeah, I stabbed her to death. He told
her she is in the bathtub as we speak. He
warned Lia not to tell anyone, not to call the police.
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Said he was going to turn himself in or kill himself.
He wasn't sure which. But days passed and Dmitri didn't
go to the police. He didn't vanish. Instead, he remained
in the apartment, continued impersonating Anastasia online, cashed in commissions,
even began selling off some of her personal belongings, and
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then came something even stranger. Dmitri contacted the building's landlord
to request an extension on Anastasia's lease to Lia. The
contradiction was clear. Dmitri had claimed he would confess that
he would end his own life, but he hadn't done either.
He was acting as if he were settling in. That's
when Laya made her decision. On the evening of August ninth,
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she contacted police. She reported Dmitri's confession and begged them
to check Anastasia's apartment immediately before Dmitri could interfere or
leave the scene. The next day, on August tenth, officers
forced entry into the apartment. What they found confirmed Liya's account.
She had been there for at least a week. The
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room had been sealed with duct tape, vents were covered,
pipes blocked. Bottles of perfume had been emptied in an
attempt to conceal the odor of decomposition, but it wasn't enough,
an official man hunt was launched. Dmitri Komlovsky was now
the primary suspect in a murder investigation, but he didn't
get far. Within twenty four hours of the body's discovery,
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police located Dmitri hiding out at a motel on the
outskirts of Saint Petersburg. It was less than thirty minutes
from the crime scene. He was taken into custody without resistance.
He was charged with murder later that same day. At first,
Dmitri gave a statement to police in which he described
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Anastasia as a troubled young woman. He claimed she had
long suffered from mental illness and that she had begged
him repeatedly to end her life. He said the killing
had been an act of assisted suicide. This defense was
short lived. The evidence told a different story, so the
tone shifted. Dmitri dropped the language of consent, and finally
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he confessed outright to the killing. In court, the suicide
pack theory was dismissed. Judges concluded that the murder was
not the result of any agreement between Dmitri and Anastasia. Instead,
the evidence pointed to something else, entirely a pattern of conflict, jealousy,
and possessiveness that had spiraled into violence. Anastasia had never
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asked to die, She had asked to be left alone,
and when Dmitri refused, it cost her everything. Quick break
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to it. The legal process moved forward quickly. Within weeks
of his arrest, Dmitri was made to participate in what's
known in Russia as a crime scene reenactment, a procedure
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where suspects are returned to the location of the killing
and asked to physically demonstrate how the crime unfolded. Footage
from the reenactment was later leaked to the press. Dmitri
is shown wearing handcuffs and prison issue clothing. He is
seen handling a life sized mannequin intended to represent Anastasia's body.
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He lifts the dummy in his arms, drags it across
the bathroom floor, and simulates repeated stabbing motions. One officer
directs him where to stand. Another records the entire process
Russian media described the video as disturbing. The full clip
was not publicly released. His trial began in January twenty
twenty three in the Fronzensky District Court of Saint Petersburg.
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On January twenty second, Dmitri entered a formal plea of
guilty to the charge of murder under part one of
Article one hundred and five of the Criminal Code of
the Russian Federation. In his courtroom statement, Dmitri admitted to
stabbing Anastasia. He told the judge that she died in
his arms and that he had carried her into the bathroom. Afterward,
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he confirmed that in the hours and days following the murder,
he had used her mobile phone to reply to messages
from her clients and friends, maintaining the illusion that she
was still alive. During this time, he applied for a
lead extension on her flat, sold her belongings, and accepted
money under her name. The court reviewed forensic evidence and
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pathology reports. Anastasia had sustained at least twenty two separate
stab wounds to her body, focused primarily on her neck, head, chest,
and upper limbs. Six wounds to the neck were identified
as the fatal injuries. She is believed to have died
within minutes of the attack. Investigators testified that the murder
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had likely taken place between August first and August third,
twenty twenty two, meaning her body had remained in the
flat for roughly a week before it was discovered. The
prosecution argued that Dmitri's motive was rooted in jealousy. They
pointed to his declining emotional stability in the weeks leading
up to the murder and to recent tensions between the pair.
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It was alleged that Dmitri had grown increasingly possessive and controlling,
particularly after learning of Anastasia's romantic involvement with another man
named Aimed Kiril. She had also told close friends that
she was planning to move abroad without Mitri. There was
speculation that Anastasia may have cut him off financially, or
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that he had lost access to her accounts, equipment, or
online platforms. The court heard that the pair's relationship had
fractured in the weeks prior, and that Dmitri may have
viewed the murder as both a punishment and a final
act of control. The judge rejected Dmitri's initial claim of
assisted suicide and found him guilty. He was sentenced to
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eight years of imprisonment in a high security correctional colony.
The facility assigned to him was IK three, located in
the Yamalo Nenett's Autonomous Okrug in Siberia. It is colloquially
known as polar Wolf. Conditions at polar Wolf have been
described by human rights observers as extreme. Inmates there are
subjected to sub zero temperatures, with winter lows of minus
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twenty degrees celsius. Former prisoners have reported being forced to
stand out doors for hours hours on end while drenched
with cold water. There are documented allegations of beatings, torture,
tear gas, and psychological abuse. Some inmates are believed to
have died by suicide. The prison is isolated with limited oversight.
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The sentence drew sharp criticism. Commentators, journalists, and the public
expressed disbelief. The brutality of the attack, the number of wounds,
the impersonation, the concealment seemed to demand a harsher penalty.
In other countries, similar crimes had drawn sentences of twenty
five years or more. In Russia, the typical sentence for
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murder ranged from eight to fifteen years. Some noted a
pattern those who opposed the government or belonged to marginalized
groups often faced longer prison terms than convicted killers. One
outlet called Dmitri's sentence a joke. Another asked whether women's
lives were valued at all. After his sentencing, Dmitri allegedly
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made repeated requests to authorities asking that his name be
with d held from the media. These requests were denied.
In the aftermath of the trial, Anastasia Grishman's funeral was
held in private. However, her mother allowed select media outlets
to photograph and film portions of the service in exchange
for payment. This decision drew criticism online, particularly after it
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was revealed that her grandmother had opposed the arrangement and
had kept her distance throughout the event. The Russian talk
show Beyond the Edge air to follow up special devoted
to Anastasia's murder. The episode featured her mother and Liya,
the same woman who had reported Dmitri to police. During
the broadcast, lia recounted her final conversation with Dmitri. She
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told the host that he had described Anastasia's last moments
to her directly, according to Lia, Dmitri claimed Anastasia had said, quote,
I love you, kiss me, call an ambulance. This statement,
if true, would undermine his earlier suicide claim. However, Hoever,
some medical professionals and online commentators questioned whether such speech
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would have been physically possible given the extent of her injuries,
particularly the damage to her neck. Laya also spoke about
the condition of the apartment. She recalled how Dmitri had
attempted to mask the smell of decomposition by sealing air
vents and drains with duct tape, and by spraying large
quantities of Anastasia's perfume throughout the flat. She said the
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scent lingered heavily in the air, almost suffocating. Anastasia's online
presence has since been removed. Her adult content accounts were deactivated.
Any income generated through those channels is believed to have
ceased at the time of her death. The digital age
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has made it easier than ever for someone to become
a public figure. A phone, a camera, and a consistent
online presence can turn an ordinary life into a highly
visible one. Watched followed disgust, But with visibility comes risk.
For Anastasia Grishman, her status as a TikTok and OnlyFans
creator brought her financial freedom and an audience in the
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hundreds of thousands. It also brought control, resentment, and violence,
until one day, in August twenty twenty two, it ended
in her murder. Anastasia's life online told one story. At
a glance, she appeared confident, successful, admired. Her TikTok page
had nearly three hundred thousand followers. Her adult content, distributed
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through subscription platforms, earned her more than sixty thousand dollars
a year. She lived in Saint Petersburg, worked as a
tattoo artist, and maintained a steady rhythm of content production, bookings,
and digital engagement. But behind the scenes, the picture was darker.
Her partner, Dmitri Chernishev formerly Dmitri Kumlovski, was deeply involved
in her online life. He acted as her manager, filmed
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her videos, handled her schedule, coordinated collaborations, sold digital courses,
and managed her appointments as a tattoo artist. Their partnership
appeared seamless, but it masked an imbalance of power. Dmitri
was unemployed. He struggled with drug addiction, his income, his
stability depended entirely on Anastasia. The more successful she became,
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the more control he tried to assert. A friend of
the couple would later speculate Thatmitri had been drawn to
Anastasia because of her existing online fame, that he saw
an opportunity to tap into her reach and profit from it.
He wasn't the first. For some creators, especially women, financial
and emotional exploitation by a partner masquerading as a manager
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has become alarmingly common. The relationship turned controlling. Dmitri, sources said,
isolated Anastasia. He became jealous, especially of the attention she
received online and the messages that flooded her direct inbox.
When she began seeing another man, a fellow tik toker
named Carill and made plans to move to South Korea,
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the situation escalated. She had started cutting dimitriof financially she
wanted out. Anastasia's case joined a growing list of violent
acts committed against female online creators. In Italy, an only
Fans model named Carol Maltese was killed by an ex boyfriend,
who then used her phone to impersonate her online for months.
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In the United States and the United Kingdom, streamers like Amaranth, Swede, Anita,
and Valkire have spoken openly about stalking threats and physical
confrontations with obsessed followers. The parasocial nature of online fame,
where strangers feel intimate with a person they follow, can
foster dangerous delusions. In Russia, the problem has an added layer.
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The country is deeply conservative. Pornography, while widely consumed, is
technically illegal. Producing it can carry prison time. Even in
cities like Saint Petersburg, described by some as the poor
orn capital of Russia, adult performers face stigma. Anastasia's decision
to appear on national television to discuss her career spark backlash.
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Her lifestyle, her tattoos, her openness made her a target
for judgment. Some argued that such women were from the
lowest fringes, that they were choosing risk, that they brought
it on themselves. It's a sentiment echoed in court rooms,
in sentencing, and in the silence that often surrounds domestic
abuse in Russia. Domestic violence was effectively decriminalized in twenty seventeen.
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First time offenses that don't result in serious injury are
no longer treated as criminal. This has sent a message
loud and clear that within the home, brutality might not
meet resistance, that control, isolation, and violence are not only possible,
but plausible. Anastasia Grishman's life was full of ambition, digital success,
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and self expression. It ended in silence, hidden behind a
locked door, while her name and likeness were manipulated by
the man who killed her. Her murder is not just
a tragedy. It is a warning about power, about control,
about what happens when someone's visibility becomes a weapon turned
against them. Her family has not spoken publicly since the
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airing of the second Beyond the Edge episode. Dmitri Komlovsky
remains incarcerated. His projected release date has not been made public.
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Finley and this is night Watch Files. For days, her
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phone kept lighting up, notifications after notifications, messages from friends,
from fans, from people who cared. Yet the replies were unusual, short, vague,
sometimes cold, distant, like a voice from behind a locked door,
careful not to say too much. A young woman who
had built a life online, sharing herself with hundreds of thousands,
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Her world was vibrant and noisy, alive with the steady
pulse of content, videos, photos, streams, moments captured and shared
with an audience that never stopped watching. She was present.
She was, until one day she wasn't. Her accounts went silent.
The usual flood of posts dried up, tik tok feeds
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stopped refreshing, only fans updates ceased. A void settled where
her energy once radiated. For a creator so prolific, so connected,
this silence was impossible to ignore. Her closest friends noticed first.
They reached out. Calls went unanswered. Texts were met with
brief messages, always similar in tone. I'm not feeling well,
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one said, I need some space, read another. But no
one had actually seen her, No one knew where she was.
Concern turned to unease. Friends tried to visit. Doors went unanswered,
the apartment was locked tight, and still the messages came.
Never voice notes, never videos, never the warmth of her
real presence, just words, carefully typed, detached, rehearsed. It wasn't
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like her. As the days stretched on, the silence deepened,
and the strange messages persisted, something was wrong. Then, after
nearly a week of growing dread, the illusion shattered. A
troubling discovery came to light. Not what anyone expected, not
what anyone could have prepared for. What was found would
unravel everything. A carefully maintained facade, a chilling secret hidden
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behind the screen. This is the story of Anastasia Grishman.
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Anastasia Grishman was born on February seventh, nineteen ninety six,
in Leningrad, renamed Saint Petersburg just five years earlier, after
the fall of the Soviet Union. Her early life was
shaped by the same instability that had marked post Soviet
Russia for much of the nineteen nineties. It was a
time of economic collapse, political upheaval, and growing social inequality.
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For ordinary families, survival often came ahead of structure or care.
Anastasia's father was present in name only. An alcoholic, he
was largely absent throughout her upbringing. He drifted in and
out of her life, leaving little behind beyond unmet expectations.
Her mother, Elena, became the only stable adult figure, but
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even her presence was erratic. The family was extremely poor.
In interviews years later, Anastasia described how she and her
mother moved frequently, staying in hostels or shared rooms for
over a decade. The pair lacked a stable place to live.
At one point, they slept in the same bed in
a crowded communal hostile where strangers came and went at
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all hours of the night. There was no privacy, no consistency,
no safety. Despite Elena's efforts to work and support them,
she was often away for long stretches, taking jobs in
other cities that left Anastasia alone, frequently unsupervised and exposed
to the harshness of her hen environment. She was still
a child. She would later describe that period as one
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of deep loneliness. She felt invisible, left to raise herself.
The absence of adult care left scars. She grew up
guarded and emotionally self contained. She later said that from
the age of five she could already sense that she
wasn't anyone's priority. She became what she called self taught
in life, figuring things out alone because no one else
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was available to show her. The result was a child
who appeared tough on the surface, but who internalized the
belief that she had been forgotten or rejected by the
people who were supposed to protect her. At age twelve,
Elena sent her to live with her paternal grandmother in
the town of Kolpino, about thirty kilometers southeast of central
Saint Petersburg. To the outside world, it was a positive move.
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The apartment was stable, she had her own room, there
was food, quiet, and structure. But to Anastasia, the change
only deepened her sense of abandonment. Her grandmother, her Babushka,
became the first consistent adult figure in her life, but
the move came with a message that her mother had
chosen to prioritize work relationships or simply her own comfort
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over being with her daughter. This perceived rejection shaped Anastasia's worldview.
She began to isolate herself emotionally, She struggled with depressive
thoughts and developed an eating disorder. Though she rarely presented
herself as vulnerable in public, friends who knew her well
described someone who could swing between extremes warm and energetic
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in one moment, withdrawn and self critical the next. She
admitted that she struggled to trust others. She would often
preemptively push people away. Still in the privacy of her
grandmother's home, she began to find direction. She discovered an
early love for art. Her grandmother encouraged her creativity, never
dismissing her ideas, no matter how unusual they seemed. Anastasia
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began drawing obsessively. She used her bedroom walls as sketch pads.
She moved on to painting, and eventually to tattoo design.
Her notebooks were filled with anime characters, fantasy motifs, and
symbols of escape. She spent hours watching animated films and
sketching scenes framed by frame. She dreamed of becoming a
famous artist of being known and remembered. At fifteen, she
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had her first tattoo, inked illegally given her age. Not
long after, she began tattooing herself. She would later become
known for the large portions of her body she had
covered on her own, using a handheld tattoo machine and
a mirror. It was both an act of defiance and
control in a world where she had often felt powerless,
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Marking her own body on her own terms gave her
a sense of agency. Her physical appearance became a form
of identity. She dyed her hair, adopted piercings, wore heavy makeup,
and leaned into gothic, punk and anime subcultures. It wasn't
just about aesthetic, it was about asserting who she was
and who she wasn't. She spoke openly about rejecting traditional
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Russian beauty standards. She resented what she saw as the
country's obsession with conformity. She wanted to be different, and
she was. Online, she adopted the handle Greshaman, a shortened
stylized version of her surname, and began sharing photos and
videos of her life. She posted makeup tutorials, cosplay shoots
and clips of her cat, but her focus gradually shifted
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toward tattooing. Her specialty was anime style work, bold vivid
pieces with clean lines and detailed color palettes. She worked
from home, often on friends or clients who found her
through social media. By eighteen, she was running a full
time tattoo business out of her apartment. She'd found a niche.
Her work was in demand, but she didn't stop there.
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Anastasia was unusually tech savvy. She had taken online courses
in computer programming and web design. She launched side projects
offering to disse zie tutorials and coding lessons. She ran
multiple Telegram channels. She created content on subscription platforms, often
blending cosplay, modeling, and erotic photography into a highly stylized,
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curated persona. She was an early adopter of tik Tok,
joining the platform in twenty nineteen. Her account grew quickly.
Within a year, she had over a quarter of a
million followers. Her blend of visual artistry, offbeat humor, and
candid storytelling made her stand out in a sea of
content creators. Her esthetic was distinctive, her voice was direct.
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To many of her fans. She represented something rare authenticity.
But her most successful and most controversial content was her
adult material. She shot and edited everything herself. Her work
was widely viewed and brought in significant income. Friends said
she treated it as a business. She set her own rules.
She maintained control of her content. The line between persona
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and person was carefully managed. What she chose to show
the public was deliberate. Privately, Anastasia remained guarded. Friends said
she could be warm, generous, and fiercely loyal, but few
people knew her whole story. Her relationships were intense, sometimes
short lived, and occasionally volatile. She described herself as someone
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who struggled with closeness. She feared being replaced, she feared
being forgotten. Despite this, she built a strong inner circle
of friends and colleagues who respected her talent and independence.
She cared deeply about animals and regularly donated to shelters.
She maintained close contact with her grandmother. She was known
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for sending long voice notes, often filled with thoughtful observations
and dry humor. Anastasia Grishman had by her mid twenties
created a life that defied the expectations placed on her.
She was financially independent. She was widely recognized in her
creative circles. And she had done it without traditional support,
without family, mind, without industry connections, and without compromising who
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Let's get back to it. Dmitry Kumlovsky was born on
February fifteenth, nineteen ninety eight, in the southwestern Siberian city
of Omsk, Situated along the Irtysh River and known for
its stark winters and Soviet era infrastructure. Omsk was a
remote industrial center with limited opportunities for upward mobility. Like
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many cities in post Soviet Russia, it was shaped by
decades of under investment, tight social control, and economic disparity.
It was within this context that Dmitri entered the world.
Very little is publicly known about Dmitri's early childhood. What
is known is that his mother died when he was
still very young. The circumstances of her death have never
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been made public, but her absence marked the defining event
of his early years. His father remarried not long afterward,
and Dmitri was raised by his father and stepmother. Friends
and former acquaintances would later describe Dmitri as a withdrawn
and quiet child, emotionally closed off, shy, and often uncomfortable
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in social settings. His early experience of loss and displacement
appeared to shape the way he related to others. Those
who knew him described a boy who kept to himself,
one who seemed perpetually on edge, wary of emotional exposure.
By adolescence, Dmitri had found a kind of outlet online.
He became extremely active on Vicontact, the Russian equivalent of Facebook.
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There he began curating a persona that many would later
describe as troubling. His posts often focused on themes of
death and decay. He was known to upload photos of
himself in grave yards, sometimes posing beside headstones belonging to
girls who had died young. One caption read that he
enjoyed walking among the graves of girls much younger than him.
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To outsiders, the posts were difficult to interpret. Some viewed
them as attempts at morbid artistic expression. Others saw them
as signals of something darker. A friend from that period
recalled him as being relentless with these death posts. His
social media presence also revealed a fixation on junk food, poetry,
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and highly controlling attitudes toward romantic relationships. On more than
one occasion, Dmitri posted public lists outlining his requirements for
a potential partner. These included strict and disturbing criteria based
on age and body weight. In one post, he wrote
that he would never sleep with some one over a
certain weight or over sixteen. Elsewhere, he referred to his
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then girl friend Margherita in degrading terms, saying she was
nothing more than skin to him. Friends described these remarks
as misogynistic, disrespectful, and troubling. Despite these attitudes, Dmitri remained
in a long term relationship with Margherita for five years.
The two had known each other since childhood and for
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a time were described as a stable couple. Their relationship, however,
was not conventional. By the time they were adults, Dmitri
and Margherita were producing and appearing in their own pornographic videos.
According to Margherita, the idea had been Dmitri's. She later
claimed she agreed to take part out of fear, stating
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that she believed he would leave her if she refused.
Her accounts of their relationship grew more troubling as time
went on. In interviews, she accused Dmitri of emotional abuse
and manipulation. She said he had once raised a hand
to her, and described an incident where he strangled her
during any argument on the day they separated. She also
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claimed that he gaslighted her throughout the final stages of
their relationship, particularly after he became close with another woman,
Anastasia Grishman. Professionally, Dmitri drifted between projects. He earned money
through a mixture of web design, IT programming, and what
he called home movies, a euphemism for amateur pornography. Under
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Russian law, producing pornographic material for commercial purposes is illegal,
though enforcement tends to be uneven. The penalties ranged from
two to six years in prison. Dmitri appeared to operate
in the gray areas of the law, avoiding formal studios
and distributing content through subscription platforms. He had no formal
business licenses, and his work was shared under pseudonyms. At eighteen,
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Dmitri relocated to Saint Petersburg with Margharita. There he picked
up occasional it work while continuing to build his online presence.
His social circles were mostly limited to others involved in
fringed creative scenes, including adult content producers and amateur coders.
His behavior remained erratic and at times inappropriate. Acquaintances described
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him as socially awkward and incapable of understanding boundaries. Some
who had interacted with him online said they had blocked
him after receiving unsolicited or unsettling messages. By the age
of nineteen, Dmitri already had a criminal record. His first
offense came at sixteen, when he was convicted of theft.
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His second offense was for evading mandatory military service, a
serious crime in Russia. All men in the country are
required to serve in the military at age eighteen. Avoiding
this obligation carries criminal penalties and results in permanent restrictions
on travel. Dmitri was prosecuted for the evasion, and as
a result, was barred from leaving the country. His criminal record,
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combined with his online history and the accounts provided by
his former partner, painted a picture of someone who had
struggled with impulse control and displayed a persistent disregard for
social norms. His digital footprint was filled with red flags,
disturbing content, misogynistic rhetoric, and affixation on control and power.
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When Dmitri first crossed paths with Anastasia Grishman, he was
still working odd jobs in tech, producing adult videos and
maintaining a modest online presence under various aliases. To those
who knew her, the connection between Anastasia and Dmitri was
difficult to reconcile. She was creative, independent, and professionally respected. He,
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by contrast, had a checkered past, questionable ethics, and a
growing history of interpersonal harm. But their paths had intersected
and the outcome would leave a permanent mark. In late
twenty twenty one, around the beginning of September, Dmitri Camlopvski,
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then still using the surname Chernishov, was referred to a
tattoo artist named Anastasia Grishman. The recommendation came from Margarita,
Dmitri's long term girlfriend at the time. Margarita had been
a client of Anastasia's and referred to her as her
favorite tattooist. Dmitri booked a large scale tattoo that required
multiple sessions. This meant he would be returning to Anastasia's
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studio on several occasions in the weeks and months that followed.
From the beginning, the two formed an easy rapport. They
found they shared many interests. Both had a love of cars.
Anastasia was especially fond of supercars and had been involved
in the street racing scene. They were also drawn to art,
and both had a highly visible relationship with body modification.
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Dmitri had tattoos on his face, Anastasia was covered in ink.
More importantly, their connections seemed to run deeper than shared tastes.
Both had experienced early emotional aband in different forms. Dmitri's
mother had died when he was very young. Anastasia's mother
had grown distant after Anastasia reached adolescence, more focused on
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work and new relationships than her daughter. Dmitri and Anastasia
bonded over what they saw as a shared emotional deficit,
an aching lack of stable maternal presence. They also shared
a sense of hunger to make something of themselves. Both
had come from modest backgrounds, both wanted success, attention, influence.
Their friendship moved quickly. By late twenty twenty one, it
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had evolved into something more. Dmitri and Anastasia began an
affair while he was still living with Margarita. Margherita noticed
the change immediately. She confronted Dmitri several times, accusing him
of cheating. The arguments became heated. At one point, Margherita
threatened to take her own life. In an apparent attempt
to de escalate the situation, Dmitri and Anastasia visited the
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flat where Margherita still lived with Dmitri. The meeting quickly deteriorated.
Margherita ran out into the snow barefoot, still in her pajamas.
It was Anastasia who called the ambulance. Not long after this,
Margherita learned that Dmitri had bought Anastasia a car. It
was a significant purchase, one he had never offered to
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make for her. She felt betrayed and publicly humiliated. According
to later reports, she took the car and deliberately crashed it.
Dmitri soon left Margherita for good. He and Anastasia became
a couple. By early twenty twenty two, their relationship had
deepened to include professional collaboration. Dmitri took on multiple roles
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in Anastasia's growing business. He handled her tattoo bookings, managed
her online presence, edited content, and helped sell digital courses
in programming and design. His support appeared to be effective.
Within a matter of months, Anastasia's annual earnings nearly doubled
from approximately four million roubles to seven million. The pair
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married in February twenty twenty two, just five months after
they first met. Shortly after the wedding, there was a
sudden shift in direction. Dmitri, who had previously filmed pornographic
material with Margarita, convinced Anastasia to join him in a
similar venture. The two began producing adult content together. They
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started on OnlyFans and later moved some of their material
to Pornhub. Within weeks, Anastasia's new career path had become
a matter of public scrutiny. In April twenty twenty two,
she was invited to appear on a talk show called
Beyond the Edge. The program was known for its combative
tone and controversial subject matter. During the broadcast, Anastasia's mother
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expressed strong disapproval of her daughter's involvement in pornography, placing
much of the blame on Dmitri. Anastasia, in turn, seemed
prepared for the backlash. She portrayed herself as defiant, even provocative.
She told the host panel that doing porn had always
been a dream of hers and that Dmitri had simply
helped her realize it. Margherita, Dmitri's now ex girlfriend, was
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also invited onto the show. Her presence added further tension.
She accused Dmitri of manipulation and abuse, alleging that he
had pressured her into making adult content and had physically
assaulted her. She also suggested that Dmitri had chosen Anastasia
because she already had an online following and social media presence.
She was an influencer and a well known tattooist. Anastasia
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responded to these accusations by labeling Margherita jealous. When pressed
by the panel about the violence claims, Dmitri dismissed them outright.
He was cruel and derisive. He compared the two women,
publicly praising Anastasia's looks while calling Margarita hysterical. Despite the
show's confrontational nature and despite the clear warnings voiced by
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both Margarita and Anastasia's mother, Anastasia stood by Dmitri. She
referred to him as a hero and down unplayed the accusations.
But when her mother broke down on camera, Anastasia seemed
momentarily shaken. She admitted that her relationship with her mother
mattered more to her than her work in porn. Dmitri,
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perhaps sensing public opinion shifting, agreed to let her leave
the industry if that was what she wanted. After the
appearance on Beyond the Edge, there was a marked change
behind the scenes. In the following months, Anastasia's enthusiasm for
the relationship began to wane. Dmitri had abandoned all other
work and was now financially dependent on her. Their arguments
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increased in frequency and intensity. Anastasia began to resent him.
According to accounts from people close to her, she described
him as a burden. She started to make plans in secret.
Her goal was to leave Dmitri, leave the business, and
leave the country. She intended to move to South Korea
and open a tattoo studio there. She began selling her
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possessions and putting money aside. Invided in another TikToker named Kiril,
telling him about her frustrations and fears. By late July
twenty twenty two, Dmitri had moved out of her apartment.
The relationship had fully collapsed. Anastasia was in the process
of organizing a divorce. According to friends, she was optimistic
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about the future and was preparing to leave Russia for good.
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notes and we're back. Thanks for sticking through that. Let's
get back to it. Anastasia's audience was drawn to her
distinct esthetic, heavy tattoos, many self done, and an anime
inspired goth style that made her instantly recognizable. In videos.
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She often appeared in elaborate cosplay or casual but stylized outfits,
speaking with calm confidence about her tattoos, her work, and
sometimes her challenges. Her posts were frequent, often daily. For many,
she wasn't just a content creator, she was a familiar
presence in their lives. Her reach extended far beyond Russia's border,
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but to her followers and friends, the unfiltered moments she
shared online snippets from her apartment, close ups of her
tattoo sessions, her quiet humor were the content they responded
to most. So when Anastasia's usual stream of updates abruptly
stopped in mid August, it didn't go unnoticed. At first.
The silence seemed temporary. Some fans speculated that she was
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taking a break. Others thought she might be traveling. On
her public accounts, no new videos or posts appeared. Still,
messages sent to her were answered. The replies came through
Instagram and messaging apps. Friends reaching out received short responses. Anastasia,
they were told, was feeling unwell, she needed time, was
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feeling low, or simply wanted to be alone. A few
were told she was ill. Others were reassured that there
was nothing to worry about. The tone was plausible, but
slightly off. She didn't send voice notes, she didn't call.
It was all text, brief, somewhat flat. Some friends noticed
the change, but gave her space, taking the words at
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face value. One friend, Kiril, had only recently become close
to Anastasia. He received a message that their friendship was over,
that she didn't want to see him anymore. The wording
was abrupt, inconsistent with previous conversations. He questioned it privately,
but didn't push. Others were told she was sick and
asked not to visit. It was enough to hold off
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concern for a few days, but the absence of new
content was harder to explain away. Anastasia had always maintained
a regular online rhythm, whether through short form videos, stories,
or previews of her work. She had rarely gone more
than a day or two without posts. Now a full
week had passed. Her profiles remained visible, her older posts
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still receiving likes and comments, but she was silent. Dms
were answered, notifications were seen, but there were no signs
of new photos, no glimpses of her face, no recent
clips in her voice. Some messages from her sounded neutral,
others were evasive. When friends suggested meeting in person or
calling directly, they were deflected. Concerns began to build a
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few of her friends formed a private chat to compare
what they had heard. The stories didn't quite match. One
had been told she was at home with the flu,
another that she was traveling with no reception, another that
she'd gone off line to deal with depression. Even among
her most loyal friends, unease set in Her mother hadn't
heard her voice in days. Attempts to reach her by
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phone led nowhere. The messaging continued, but something felt wrong.
Anastasia had never disappeared like this before. She had once
taken a break from posting, but she had warned people
in advance. This was different, This was silent. Then came
another unsettling detail. A listing appeared online under her name,
an advertisement for personal items for sale. Friends who saw
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it wondered who had posted it and why. A lease
extension had reportedly been filed on her apartment, though she
had never mentioned any change of plans. By the end
of the week, a handful of those closest to her
decided they couldn't wait any longer. With no direct confirmation
of her well being, and with the growing fear that
the person responding to messages might not be Anastasa at all,
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they went to her apartment. What they found there would
bring the digital masquerade to an end and force investigators
to confront a far more troubling question. Accounts differ slightly.
Some say it was a single friend who first raised
the alarm. Others describe a group who went together to
check on her. But what's clear as this on or
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just before August tenth, someone got close enough to her
apartment to notice something wrong. A foul odor was coming
from behind the door. It wasn't just a faint, unpleasant scent.
It was the kind of smell that couldn't be explained
by garbage or mildew. It was sharp, heavy chemical sweeteners
hung in the air, perfume sprayed in excess. Later investigators
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would find that the apartments pipes and vents had been
sealed with duct tape, an apparent effort to block airflow,
an attempt to stop the smell from spreading. It hadn't worked.
What happened next unfolded quickly. With no response from inside
and growing fears for her safety, police were called to
the scene. They forced entry inside the flat. They found
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the source of the odor in the bathroom. Submerged in
the tub was the body of Anastasia Grishman. She had
been there for days. Her death was confirmed at the scene.
She had been stabbed repeatedly, at least twenty two According
to the medical report. The injuries were concentrated on her neck,
with six deep wounds believed to be the fatal ones.
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Her body had remained in the water for approximately a week.
At the time of her discovery, those who had received
messages from her were still trying to convince themselves she
was just offline, that she was resting, that maybe she
was dealing with something personal and didn't want to be disturbed.
But those messages hadn't come from Anastasia. They had come
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from someone else. And now investigators had a body, they
had a crime scene, and they had reason to believe
that the person who had been impersonating her, keeping friends
at a distance buying time, was much closer than anyone
had suspected. As news of Anastasia Grishman's death broke across
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Saint Petersburg, attention quickly turned to the man who had
been the last known person to see her he alive, Dmitri.
In the days following Anastasia's disappearance, Dmitri had maintained a quiet,
calculated performance. He'd posed as her online, replying to messages
from friends, followers, and clients. He gave them vague updates,
told them she was sick, depressed, that she needed space.
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For a time, the impersonation was convincing enough to delay suspicion,
but only for a time. Then came the misstep. Roughly
three days after Anastasia stopped communicating with the outside world,
Dmitri met with a group of acquaintances, people who knew
both him and Anastasia. Among them was a young woman
named Layah, a mutual friend of the pair. Initially, Dmitri
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seemed nervous, preoccupied, but then his demeanor shifted. In what
seemed like a spontaneous outburst. He began speaking, sharing what
he described as deep personal truths. The group listened in
silence as Dmitri claimed that he and Anastasia had made
a suicide pact, one that he said had exist for years.
According to Dmitri, Anastasia had struggled with depression for most
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of her life. She'd asked him to kill her, he said,
begged him repeatedly, and now he had finally followed through. Liya,
confused and alarmed, pressed him further. That's when Dmitri set
it outright. Yeah, I stabbed her to death. He told
her she is in the bathtub as we speak. He
warned Lia not to tell anyone, not to call the police.
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Said he was going to turn himself in or kill himself.
He wasn't sure which. But days passed and Dmitri didn't
go to the police. He didn't vanish. Instead, he remained
in the apartment, continued impersonating Anastasia online, cashed in commissions,
even began selling off some of her personal belongings, and
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then came something even stranger. Dmitri contacted the building's landlord
to request an extension on Anastasia's lease to Lia. The
contradiction was clear. Dmitri had claimed he would confess that
he would end his own life, but he hadn't done either.
He was acting as if he were settling in. That's
when Laya made her decision. On the evening of August ninth,
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she contacted police. She reported Dmitri's confession and begged them
to check Anastasia's apartment immediately before Dmitri could interfere or
leave the scene. The next day, on August tenth, officers
forced entry into the apartment. What they found confirmed Liya's account.
She had been there for at least a week. The
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room had been sealed with duct tape, vents were covered,
pipes blocked. Bottles of perfume had been emptied in an
attempt to conceal the odor of decomposition, but it wasn't enough,
an official man hunt was launched. Dmitri Komlovsky was now
the primary suspect in a murder investigation, but he didn't
get far. Within twenty four hours of the body's discovery,
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police located Dmitri hiding out at a motel on the
outskirts of Saint Petersburg. It was less than thirty minutes
from the crime scene. He was taken into custody without resistance.
He was charged with murder later that same day. At first,
Dmitri gave a statement to police in which he described
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Anastasia as a troubled young woman. He claimed she had
long suffered from mental illness and that she had begged
him repeatedly to end her life. He said the killing
had been an act of assisted suicide. This defense was
short lived. The evidence told a different story, so the
tone shifted. Dmitri dropped the language of consent, and finally
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he confessed outright to the killing. In court, the suicide
pack theory was dismissed. Judges concluded that the murder was
not the result of any agreement between Dmitri and Anastasia. Instead,
the evidence pointed to something else, entirely a pattern of conflict, jealousy,
and possessiveness that had spiraled into violence. Anastasia had never
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asked to die, She had asked to be left alone,
and when Dmitri refused, it cost her everything. Quick break
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to it. The legal process moved forward quickly. Within weeks
of his arrest, Dmitri was made to participate in what's
known in Russia as a crime scene reenactment, a procedure
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where suspects are returned to the location of the killing
and asked to physically demonstrate how the crime unfolded. Footage
from the reenactment was later leaked to the press. Dmitri
is shown wearing handcuffs and prison issue clothing. He is
seen handling a life sized mannequin intended to represent Anastasia's body.
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He lifts the dummy in his arms, drags it across
the bathroom floor, and simulates repeated stabbing motions. One officer
directs him where to stand. Another records the entire process
Russian media described the video as disturbing. The full clip
was not publicly released. His trial began in January twenty
twenty three in the Fronzensky District Court of Saint Petersburg.
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On January twenty second, Dmitri entered a formal plea of
guilty to the charge of murder under part one of
Article one hundred and five of the Criminal Code of
the Russian Federation. In his courtroom statement, Dmitri admitted to
stabbing Anastasia. He told the judge that she died in
his arms and that he had carried her into the bathroom. Afterward,
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he confirmed that in the hours and days following the murder,
he had used her mobile phone to reply to messages
from her clients and friends, maintaining the illusion that she
was still alive. During this time, he applied for a
lead extension on her flat, sold her belongings, and accepted
money under her name. The court reviewed forensic evidence and
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pathology reports. Anastasia had sustained at least twenty two separate
stab wounds to her body, focused primarily on her neck, head, chest,
and upper limbs. Six wounds to the neck were identified
as the fatal injuries. She is believed to have died
within minutes of the attack. Investigators testified that the murder
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had likely taken place between August first and August third,
twenty twenty two, meaning her body had remained in the
flat for roughly a week before it was discovered. The
prosecution argued that Dmitri's motive was rooted in jealousy. They
pointed to his declining emotional stability in the weeks leading
up to the murder and to recent tensions between the pair.
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It was alleged that Dmitri had grown increasingly possessive and controlling,
particularly after learning of Anastasia's romantic involvement with another man
named Aimed Kiril. She had also told close friends that
she was planning to move abroad without Mitri. There was
speculation that Anastasia may have cut him off financially, or
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that he had lost access to her accounts, equipment, or
online platforms. The court heard that the pair's relationship had
fractured in the weeks prior, and that Dmitri may have
viewed the murder as both a punishment and a final
act of control. The judge rejected Dmitri's initial claim of
assisted suicide and found him guilty. He was sentenced to
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eight years of imprisonment in a high security correctional colony.
The facility assigned to him was IK three, located in
the Yamalo Nenett's Autonomous Okrug in Siberia. It is colloquially
known as polar Wolf. Conditions at polar Wolf have been
described by human rights observers as extreme. Inmates there are
subjected to sub zero temperatures, with winter lows of minus
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twenty degrees celsius. Former prisoners have reported being forced to
stand out doors for hours hours on end while drenched
with cold water. There are documented allegations of beatings, torture,
tear gas, and psychological abuse. Some inmates are believed to
have died by suicide. The prison is isolated with limited oversight.
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The sentence drew sharp criticism. Commentators, journalists, and the public
expressed disbelief. The brutality of the attack, the number of wounds,
the impersonation, the concealment seemed to demand a harsher penalty.
In other countries, similar crimes had drawn sentences of twenty
five years or more. In Russia, the typical sentence for
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murder ranged from eight to fifteen years. Some noted a
pattern those who opposed the government or belonged to marginalized
groups often faced longer prison terms than convicted killers. One
outlet called Dmitri's sentence a joke. Another asked whether women's
lives were valued at all. After his sentencing, Dmitri allegedly
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made repeated requests to authorities asking that his name be
with d held from the media. These requests were denied.
In the aftermath of the trial, Anastasia Grishman's funeral was
held in private. However, her mother allowed select media outlets
to photograph and film portions of the service in exchange
for payment. This decision drew criticism online, particularly after it
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was revealed that her grandmother had opposed the arrangement and
had kept her distance throughout the event. The Russian talk
show Beyond the Edge air to follow up special devoted
to Anastasia's murder. The episode featured her mother and Liya,
the same woman who had reported Dmitri to police. During
the broadcast, lia recounted her final conversation with Dmitri. She
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told the host that he had described Anastasia's last moments
to her directly, according to Lia, Dmitri claimed Anastasia had said, quote,
I love you, kiss me, call an ambulance. This statement,
if true, would undermine his earlier suicide claim. However, Hoever,
some medical professionals and online commentators questioned whether such speech
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would have been physically possible given the extent of her injuries,
particularly the damage to her neck. Laya also spoke about
the condition of the apartment. She recalled how Dmitri had
attempted to mask the smell of decomposition by sealing air
vents and drains with duct tape, and by spraying large
quantities of Anastasia's perfume throughout the flat. She said the
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scent lingered heavily in the air, almost suffocating. Anastasia's online
presence has since been removed. Her adult content accounts were deactivated.
Any income generated through those channels is believed to have
ceased at the time of her death. The digital age
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has made it easier than ever for someone to become
a public figure. A phone, a camera, and a consistent
online presence can turn an ordinary life into a highly
visible one. Watched followed disgust, But with visibility comes risk.
For Anastasia Grishman, her status as a TikTok and OnlyFans
creator brought her financial freedom and an audience in the
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hundreds of thousands. It also brought control, resentment, and violence,
until one day, in August twenty twenty two, it ended
in her murder. Anastasia's life online told one story. At
a glance, she appeared confident, successful, admired. Her TikTok page
had nearly three hundred thousand followers. Her adult content, distributed
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through subscription platforms, earned her more than sixty thousand dollars
a year. She lived in Saint Petersburg, worked as a
tattoo artist, and maintained a steady rhythm of content production, bookings,
and digital engagement. But behind the scenes, the picture was darker.
Her partner, Dmitri Chernishev formerly Dmitri Kumlovski, was deeply involved
in her online life. He acted as her manager, filmed
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her videos, handled her schedule, coordinated collaborations, sold digital courses,
and managed her appointments as a tattoo artist. Their partnership
appeared seamless, but it masked an imbalance of power. Dmitri
was unemployed. He struggled with drug addiction, his income, his
stability depended entirely on Anastasia. The more successful she became,
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the more control he tried to assert. A friend of
the couple would later speculate Thatmitri had been drawn to
Anastasia because of her existing online fame, that he saw
an opportunity to tap into her reach and profit from it.
He wasn't the first. For some creators, especially women, financial
and emotional exploitation by a partner masquerading as a manager
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has become alarmingly common. The relationship turned controlling. Dmitri, sources said,
isolated Anastasia. He became jealous, especially of the attention she
received online and the messages that flooded her direct inbox.
When she began seeing another man, a fellow tik toker
named Carill and made plans to move to South Korea,
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the situation escalated. She had started cutting dimitriof financially she
wanted out. Anastasia's case joined a growing list of violent
acts committed against female online creators. In Italy, an only
Fans model named Carol Maltese was killed by an ex boyfriend,
who then used her phone to impersonate her online for months.
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In the United States and the United Kingdom, streamers like Amaranth, Swede, Anita,
and Valkire have spoken openly about stalking threats and physical
confrontations with obsessed followers. The parasocial nature of online fame,
where strangers feel intimate with a person they follow, can
foster dangerous delusions. In Russia, the problem has an added layer.
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The country is deeply conservative. Pornography, while widely consumed, is
technically illegal. Producing it can carry prison time. Even in
cities like Saint Petersburg, described by some as the poor
orn capital of Russia, adult performers face stigma. Anastasia's decision
to appear on national television to discuss her career spark backlash.
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Her lifestyle, her tattoos, her openness made her a target
for judgment. Some argued that such women were from the
lowest fringes, that they were choosing risk, that they brought
it on themselves. It's a sentiment echoed in court rooms,
in sentencing, and in the silence that often surrounds domestic
abuse in Russia. Domestic violence was effectively decriminalized in twenty seventeen.
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First time offenses that don't result in serious injury are
no longer treated as criminal. This has sent a message
loud and clear that within the home, brutality might not
meet resistance, that control, isolation, and violence are not only possible,
but plausible. Anastasia Grishman's life was full of ambition, digital success,
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and self expression. It ended in silence, hidden behind a
locked door, while her name and likeness were manipulated by
the man who killed her. Her murder is not just
a tragedy. It is a warning about power, about control,
about what happens when someone's visibility becomes a weapon turned
against them. Her family has not spoken publicly since the
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airing of the second Beyond the Edge episode. Dmitri Komlovsky
remains incarcerated. His projected release date has not been made public.
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