Moscow woman sets self on fire during eviction after fraud sale
A pensioner who set herself on fire in her apartment previously set fire to the Moscow military commissariat due to fraudsters.
Consensus
- The woman, Nadezhda Ivanova, is 68 years old.
- The incident occurred on August 5, 2026.
- The fire happened in a five-story building on Menzhinskogo Street in the Babushkinsky District of Moscow.
- Judicial bailiffs arrived to evict her from the apartment.
- She sold her two-room apartment in 2022 for 9.5 million rubles.
- She claimed she was defrauded by scammers who impersonated FSB and Central Bank officials.
- She transferred the sale proceeds to the scammers.
- The new owner, Nino Tsitlidze, legally acquired the apartment and won a court case.
- Ivanova refused to vacate the apartment after the sale.
- She set fire to the apartment during the eviction attempt.
- She was hospitalized with 70% burns and placed in intensive care.
- A bailiff who tried to rescue her also suffered burns and was hospitalized.
Points of divergence
- Ivanova was hospitalized with 70% body burns and required artificial ventilation; her heart stopped in the ambulance, and she was revived. — vm
- Ivanova was conscious when she left the apartment and did not feel pain due to shock. — ntv
- The woman suffered burns to approximately 50% of her body. — mash
- The fire was caused by the woman pouring flammable liquid and setting herself on fire. — kommerant
- Ivanova said to the bailiffs: 'Where will I put my things? I have no means, no ability to move my belongings.' — meduza
- The fire spread rapidly, reaching the ceiling and creating a wall of flame. — vm
- The fire was so intense that it could have caused an explosion if the building had been gasified. — ntv
- Ivanova was previously arrested on October 4, 2022, for throwing a Molotov cocktail at a military enlistment office. — meduza
- Ivanova was told by scammers that she needed to 'serve her country' and that her bank accounts were compromised. — vm
- The new owner, Nino Tsitlidze (CITLIDZE), had been paying mortgage on the apartment for four years without being able to move in. — ntv
- The case is linked to the 'Dolina scheme' or 'grandmother's scheme,' a term used for legal reversals of property sales due to fraud claims. — kommerant
Coverage (9 sources)
- Moscow resident set fire to apartment when bailiffs came to evict her. In 2022 she sold it and handed money to scammers — Meduza
- The victim of the 'Doliny' scheme lived in the burned-down capital apartment since 1963 — РИАМО
- Moscow woman set fire to apartment during eviction 'according to Dolina scheme' — Коммерсантъ
- A pensioner set herself on fire and caused a fire in an apartment in Moscow: victim of the 'Doliny' scheme, why she did not want to move out — Вечерняя Москва
- Elderly woman set fire to Moscow apartment sold under influence of scammers — НТВ Москва
- In Moscow, an elderly victim of fraud set fire to her apartment when bailiffs came to evict her; in 2022 she threw a Molotov cocktail at the military commissariat — Медиазона
- Elderly woman who set herself on fire in an apartment previously set fire to the Moscow military commissariat due to scammers. Buyer... — Baza
- A pensioner set herself on fire, having been scammed by the Dolinoy scheme in Moscow. — Mash
- New owner of 4-year-old apartment paid mortgage for apartment burned by pensioner in Moscow — Москва 24
Key entities
- Moscow
- Dolinoy
- Natalya Ivanova
- Menzhinskogo
- NTV
- MSK1
- Babushkinsky district
- Federal Service for Execution of Court Decisions
- Moscow
- SHOT
- Mash
- REN TV
- Evening Moscow
- Moskvichka
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