Ildar Mursalimov is one of three teenagers who was convicted in 2006 in the case of the brutal murder of 29-year-old Mikhail Goldin in Perm. The criminals gained fame for the ridiculous and cynical interview they gave in the courtroom after the verdict was announced. Teenagers became heroes of memes in RuNet. The phrase of one of them became classic: "The kid walked towards success; It is used in situations where a person fails or success is very doubtful.
Murder
Ildar Mursalimov, who was 17 years old at that time, committed the crime together with two friends - 16-year-old Alexander Huseynov and 18-year-old Artem Kataev.
On September 22, 2006, on the outskirts of Perm, a disfigured corpse of 29-year-old Mikhail Goldin was discovered. On his body, forensic experts counted 96 stab wounds inflicted mainly on the chest and head. Based on the evidence found, it was soon possible to calculate all the suspects.
Investigators found that Ildar Mursalimov suggested killing a taxi driver. In this way, he proposed to return the debt to one of his friends. He also developed a plan. Going to business, he took out a pneumatic gun for Kataev, and he armed himself with a knife. The attackers decided to kill the driver and sell the car.
Teenagers caught a “Lada” on Startseva Street, informing the driver that they were going to Zagarye. When the car drove past the garages, Huseynov asked the drivers to stop to go to the toilet. After that, Ildar Mursalimov took out a knife and began to strike the taxi driver.
The man asked him not to kill, but the teenagers acted in cold blood. The criminals stabbed the taxi driver with a knife in the neck, 8 in the head, 36 in the right half of the chest, 18 in the left half of the chest, 11 in the right hand, 7 in the left, 4 in the spine. He was also shot 7 times in the ear with a pneumatic gun.
Detention
Throwing away the corpse, the teenagers stole a car. They were able to sell only the car radio and wheels. Soon they were detained by the police.
It is worth adding that the deceased Michael left a widow and a one and a half year old son.
The fate of Ildar Mursalimov initially rolled downhill. He was born in 1987 in the village of Lobanovo, Perm Territory. He lived with his mother and sister.
He was registered in the juvenile department of the Motovilikhinsky district of Perm. Until the murder was repeatedly delayed. In 2004, he was sentenced to three years probation for robbery and extortion.
At the same time, he graduated from high school and even enrolled in a river school as a manager.
Court sentence
The court passed soft sentences, given that the two criminals at the time of the murder were minors. Ildar Faridovich Mursalimov received the maximum term for a teenager - 10 years in prison.
The youngest bandit who was not in the car at the time of the crime was sentenced to 8 years in prison. The only adult Artem Kataev was sent to jail for 19 years.
Meme birth
In the biography of Ildar Mursalimov, the Internet played a big role. The interview he gave with friends in the courtroom after the announcement of the verdict instantly became famous.
Communicating with the journalist, the killers said they considered themselves innocent, victims of cruel justice and unjust juries who did not want to be indulged.
For example, Kataev was indignant, claiming that he was unhappy with his term. He assured that he did not kill, but confessed only to robbery. He also lamented how they could pass a sentence to Huseynov, whom the guys called "Chocolate". His phrase became a meme:
"Chocolate is not to blame for anything, boys, in nature. In nature, the boy was walking towards success. It didn’t work, it wasn’t fartanul."
The verdict was appealed to the Supreme Court. Even when appealing, many were surprised at the cynicality of the criminals. For example, Mursalimov asked to return to him a denim suit, which was seized from him as evidence.
Huseynov insisted that he should be released, since his mother was already in prison, and his relative was raising him. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, leaving the sentence unchanged.
Early release
In 2016, Ildar Mursalimov left the colony. The photo now can be found only by his friend Huseynov, who had freed himself even earlier.
After the video from the courtroom with their participation became popular, all the journalists' attention was focused on Chocolate, which became the main character of various memes.
In 2013, he was released on parole, having spent in prison only 5 years out of the stipulated 8. The reason for the parole, as reported to reporters, was his approximate behavior in the colony.
At large, Huseynov said that he repented in prison, it was there that he realized the essence of what happened. It turned out that the nickname "Chocolate" was fixed for him even at school age, when he once came from the south very tanned.
In prison, Huseynov met his bride over the phone. Freed, he admitted that now he dreams of establishing his life. It is hoped that people will forget about his past, nickname and that video sooner or later.
In 2015, fake news appeared in a number of online publications that Huseynov was killed in the Donbass when he fought on the side of militias with regular units of the Ukrainian army. Later this information was not confirmed. At the same time, judging by his profile on social networks, the former felon was still subject to thieves' romance, he was especially attracted to the friendship of “real boys”, which once led him to the dock, to the juvenile colony, and then to a prison for adult felons.
It is known that Huseynov was born in January 1988 in Perm. He was really raised by a distant relative, since his mother was in places not so remote.
Return to the colony
How the future of Mursalimov is formed is not known for certain. But Huseynov was again in the colony. His free life was not distinguished by law.
At the beginning of 2019, he posted his photo on the VKontakte social network, from which you can understand that Chocolate was again behind bars. He is already 31 years old.
Huseynov's serious problems with the law began again in 2017. He received a suspended sentence for robbery. However, he was convicted of repeated violation of the conditions for compliance with the punishment, so it was replaced by a real one. He is now in custody. In which colony, none of the journalists specified.