Relatives share views on Usoltseva family vanishing

Family members and TV experts present conflicting theories about the disappearance of Irina Usoltseva and her family, with some suggesting an escape.
Nov 28, 2025
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The television program featured an interview with Irina Usoltseva«s social media manager about the disappearance.

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smotrim.ru

Experts on the TV show «Malahov» adhere to one theory — the Usoltsevs fled. Several people stated this during the live broadcast of the program.

The first to voice the escape theory was Irina Usoltseva«s SMM specialist Darya Furshtein. She says that perhaps Irina herself was unaware of the escape and Sergei told her about it “in the moment”.

“My version is that they are definitely not in Kuturchin, I still think it»s an escape. But I believe that Irina trusted her husband very much anyway, and perhaps it suddenly happened that she found out about having to flee right in the moment,” she says.

Moreover, on the eve of the disappearance, Darya says, Usoltseva informed her that she would not be able to pay for the next month of work. Allegedly, two of her clients did not even come for free sessions.

“In general, this month I«m just in a financial bind. If I manage next month, then I»ll pay you, if I don«t, then we»ll put next month on pause. That is, you won«t work next month, but just, Dash, I ask you, don»t go anywhere,” Irina says on the audio recording.

By the way, it was Darya who raised the alarm about her employer«s disappearance. The SMM specialist clarified that she knew about all her meetings, and Irina had a session scheduled for September 29. However, she learned that Usoltseva did not receive the client directly from her.

Afterwards, Darya found the Usoltsevs» son, and he filed a report with the police about the family«s disappearance. Moreover, for the first time on the TV program, they showed Irina Usoltseva»s nephew — Ilya Lunev. He learned about the family«s disappearance “from television”.

“At the moment when the family disappeared, I was on navigation, without communication, without internet. <…> The first time I was sitting in the cabin and on TV they show news that a family disappeared in the taiga, got lost. No surname, no photos, nothing was there. I didn»t attach any importance to it,” says Ilya.

Afterwards, the grandmother (Irina Usoltseva«s mother) called the 19-year-old guy and said that they have been gone for four days already. Olga Viktorovna, according to the guy, worries the most.

“No one of us worries as much as she does, because her own daughter is missing. We are worried about grandma because of this, we don»t leave her alone,” the guy adds.

Ilya himself admits that he does not believe in the escape theory, allegedly Irina could not have left her mother.

Earlier, NGS24.RU reported that Daniil Batalov — Irina Usoltseva«s son, believes in the escape theory and hopes that this is indeed the case — his parents will call him soon.

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