influencer Yulia Burtseva has she died after undergoing cosmetic surgery. She was 38 years old.
Russian news outlet MSK1 reported that the influencer underwent plastic surgery at a private clinic in Moscow on Sunday, January 4. She was rushed to hospital after her condition worsened and was later pronounced dead.
The Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Moscow has opened a criminal case to investigate possible charges of negligence, MSK1 reported, citing the Moscow Investigative Committee.
“Investigators of the Moscow Investigative Committee are working at the scene,” read a statement translated by the Moscow Investigative Committee and obtained by MSK1. “The necessary official and medical records will be seized shortly. Various forensic examinations, including a medical one, are being ordered.”
The outlet also reported that Burtseva shared a video on VK, a Russian social media platform, on the morning of her surgery from a cafe in Moscow. The translated text above the clip read: “Good morning Moscow😘”.
The influencer, who accumulated over 73,000 Instagram followershe documented his family life online. She lived in Naples, Italy with her husband Joseph and his daughter, according to his Instagram bio.
Burtseva’s latest Instagram publication before his death was shared on December 5, with a video of her and her daughter. “😂😂 The Russian language is special, so it requires a special facial expression,” the caption read.
In the comments section of his post, users shared their condolences.
“Oh 🙁 what a shame for my husband and daughter,” one user wrote in a translated comment, while another added in a translated message: “It’s a shame… I’ve been a subscriber for years… I enjoyed seeing your stories 😢😢😢.”
A third translated message read: “What a horror… Just read this on the news. I couldn’t believe it, I re-read it several times. Such a bright and nice girl in every way❤️ What a shame… May the kingdom of heaven rest with her. 🙏🙏🙏.”
Before her death, Burtseva had been open about her upbringing. In April 2022, she reflected on how her childhood was different from Giuseppe’s.
“Giuseppe and I are almost the same age, a year apart. We often talk about childhood, comparing how we grew up, what games we played, what we were interested in, etc.,” he wrote at the time via Instagram. “With our families’ relatively similar financial capabilities, our childhoods were different. Different countries, different customs.”
He continued: “I really liked to walk around the yard every day, play Cossack thieves, I couldn’t go home, otherwise I would be chased.” Giuseppe was almost always at home with his family. There are no playgrounds, and mom has a lot of housework to go for a walk, fresh air on the balcony😅. But at the weekend they went to the islands to swim, to water parks, to take a tour of the castles (of which, by the way, there are many in Naples).
Although Burtseva wrote that her family “enjoyed vegetables and fruits in the summer, and in general the diet was not very varied, but tasty,” she noted that Giuseppe “always had everything.”
“Parents tried to force him to eat strawberries, for example, but he wouldn’t,” she wrote. “My family and I liked to go to the river to swim, or to the village to visit our relatives, it was a vacation for us. Giuseppe and his parents traveled around Italy and other European countries by car, it was accessible.”
He continued: “I dreamed that when I grew up I would fly on a plane to the sunny country, or go to Disneyland, and for Giuseppe everything was normal. However, I would not trade my childhood for anything else. It was a happy moment 🙏 “.




