[1] Eduard Ismailovich Bagirov was born on 25 October 1975 in Mary, former Turkmen SSR, since 1991 Turkmenistan.

In 1994, he was convicted by a Moscow court of "embezzlement committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy" (theft) and was imprisoned.

He also managed screenwriting bureau that took part in a number of well known Russian projects.

Bagirov died after "multiple organ failure and coma" at the age of 47.

According to RT editor Margarita Simonyan he (allegedly) died on 12 April 2023.