Death of Arina Glazunova

During the early hours of 27 September 2024, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Arina Glazunova, a 24-year-old Russian influencer, died after falling into an underground subway passage while taking a selfie video singing a Russian cover of "". The accident received wide attention online and sparked conversations about infrastructure safety in Tbilisi.

Background

Arina Glazunova was born on 13 February 2000 in Moscow and was a graduate of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Glazunova travelled to visit friends in Tbilisi, before her fatal accident. Around 2:30 a.m. on 27 September 2024, Glazunova was walking with a friend through First Republic Square in the city center, singing the song "For The Last Time" while filming the walk on her phone. Glazunova failed to notice the edge of the underpass and tripped into it backwards, falling from a height of .

Aftermath The incident caused a wide resonance online after the video of her death was shared. At the site of Glazunova's fall, a spontaneous memorial was organized with flowers in memory of the deceased. The edge of the subway passage was only 30 centimeters tall at the time of the incident.

Glazunova's funeral was held at Vagankovsky cemetery in Moscow. Prior to her funeral, Glazunova's parents traveled to Georgia to repatriate her body to Russia. Later, a barrier was installed in the location of her fall to prevent a similar accident from happening again.