Overview

• The Pinci restaurant said in a VKontakte post that Kolisnichenko died on Oct. 7 after suffering a stroke.
• Regional labor inspectors said they are establishing details of the fatal incident and cited employers’ duty to report workplace deaths within 24 hours.
• Earlier reports relayed via restaurant critic Katerina Smirnova said he fell ill on Oct. 3, was hospitalized, slipped into a coma, and did not regain consciousness.
• He was 40, served as brand-chef of Pinci and Moskva–Stambul, was listed among Russia’s top 50 chefs, and had moved from Rostov to Nizhny Novgorod about a year ago.
• A public farewell is scheduled for Oct. 9 at the Kazan church on Zelenskiy syezd in Nizhny Novgorod.