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wildberries, russia's largest online retailer, is caught in internal strife and a gunfight breaks out in the office

2024-09-23

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it home reported on september 23 that the russian investigative committee confirmed on september 18 that a gunfight broke out at the moscow office of wildberries, russia's largest online retailer.2 people died and 7 were injured

it is reported that the two dead were security guards of the company's business center office building, and the gunman was allegedly vladislav bakalchuk, the estranged husband of wildberry ceo and famous russian billionaire tatiana bakalchuk.

it home learned that tatyana and vladislav co-founded wildberry e-commerce company in 2004. in july this year, the two agreed to divorce, and vladislav only received 1% of the company's shares, and tatyana became the company's largest shareholder. in mid-june this year, tatyana announced that wildberries would merge with russian outdoor advertising giant russ.however, vladislav believes that "this is a serious mistake"

▲ wildberry e-commerce platform official website

on september 18, vladislav led a group of people into the wildberry office and opened fire, trying to occupy the office, resulting in 2 deaths and 7 injuries.however, vladislav denied carrying a weapon and claimed that the shooting came from inside the building and "had nothing to do with him." however, tatyana refuted that "vladislav's men opened fire first."

the russian investigative committee has opened a case on the incident, and the russian news agency ria claims that 30 people have been detained in connection with the case.