Shortparis vocalist Nikolai Komyagin has passed away at age 39. According to journalist Ksenia Sobchak, who did not cite a source, his condition deteriorated sharply after a boxing training session, and "his heart couldn't take it." The artist's death was confirmed by the group's manager, without providing details. Shortparis is an experimental music project founded by Komyagin together with friends Alexander Ionin and Pavel Lesnikov in Saint Petersburg in 2012. In 2022, the group publicly expressed its position against the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.