Overview
- The 38-year-old Italian-based influencer died on January 4 after her condition rapidly deteriorated during a buttock augmentation at a private Moscow clinic.
- The Moscow Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on suspicion of causing death by negligence and said it would seize records and conduct forensic examinations.
- Authorities have charged the clinic employee involved in the procedure, who faces up to three years in prison if convicted under the reported negligence statute.
- Russian outlets reported that the charged employee may not have held a medical degree, though final forensic conclusions have not yet been released.
- Burtseva lived in Naples with her husband and young daughter and posted a “Good morning Moscow” video from Cafe Pushkin hours before the surgery.