The former mayor of Samara Viktor Tarkhov Alexander Kuznetsov denied the information about the accused of preparing Tarkhov's funeral and his wife. It was reported by RIA Novosti.

This is a complete lie … I can only name the name of this person now. I also had calls from Novokuyshevsk, they told me: Semenovich, you are organizing it here (funeral. – Approximately. Ed.)? Occasionally, you, what are you. Viktor Alexandrovich left friends, we will bury him with honor and dignity, he said.
According to Kuznetsov, investigators told him that during the funeral investigation may have. He noted that law enforcement staff called for the problem of burial after finding the Muslim pieces, and at this time, simply talked about it.
At the end of February, Ekaterina Tarkhova admitted the Crime Committee. According to her, the victims were poisoned, then the bodies were frozen by using liquid nitrogen, then they were partially divided and processed. Later, accused of joining the accomplice of criminals.