A State Duma deputy proposed to dissolve the Kirov businessman after his death.

      The dispute arose from a businessman’s long-standing attempt to legalize resomation in Russia. Solodyankin runs a small construction business in Kirov and has been trying to launch a resomation business in the region for over ten years. He first approached the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services on this issue back in 2014. At that time, the agency acknowledged the initiative as important but stated that it was not authorized to regulate funeral matters. In 2019, a new response came from the Ministry of Construction — essentially a dismissal with a recommendation to seek lobbyists and consider the opinions of religious organizations and the public. After that, Solodyankin turned to Rospotrebnadzor, but they stated that they could not formulate norms for the sanitary protection zone of the resomator, as they are not included in SanPiN. The businessman insists that alkaline dissolution is more environmentally friendly than traditional burials and cremation. The process takes about three to four hours: the body is placed in a hermetically sealed bioreactor with an alkaline solution, heated to 150–180 degrees, then cooled, excess liquid is removed, and the remains are placed in an urn. According to his calculations, the cost of such a procedure is only 60 rubles (10 liters of water and 30 kg of soda), compared to 40 cubic meters of gas for cremation. If successful, relatives would receive urns with mineral sediment, and he planned to sell the resulting liquid to farmers as fertilizer. The entrepreneur admitted that in the future he would not mind "dissolving" himself. Today, June 22, the issue was raised again. State Duma deputies Mikhail Delyagin, Vladimir Samokish, and Oleg Matveychev shared their assessments of the situation in a conversation with Life.ru. Delyagin took a tough stance, calling resomation a desecration of the dead and their loved ones. In his opinion, such a method will never be allowed in Russia, with its careful attitude towards the memory of the departed. At the same time, he suggested that an exception could be made for Solodyankin himself — to conduct the procedure in a special manner, "so that no trace of him remains on this earth." Vladimir Samokish urged not to rush into either prohibitions or permissions. He emphasized that any new way of saying goodbye should receive societal approval, rather than being introduced "out of the blue." In his opinion, the topic should be discussed by the professional community, the Public Chamber, and religious figures. Oleg Matveychev stated that the dissolution of bodies contradicts traditional values. He reminded that even the church is reserved about cremation, and resomation, according to him, "does not rely on traditions or religious beliefs and has an absolutely materialistic nature." The complete disappearance of the body, in his opinion, gives off "something satanic." Let us remind you that the story of the "utilization" of bodies in Kirov is not limited to Solodyankin's ideas. Back in 2024, Denis Posazhenikov, an assistant to the senator from the Kirov region Vyacheslav Timchenko, became the founder of the LLC "Kirov City Crematorium." The construction of this facility, which was supposed to be located near the village of Pushkari in the Kirov BKHZ area, sparked protests from local residents due to its proximity to residential areas. The then acting governor Alexander Sokolov stated that "a crematorium has no place next to a residential area," however, Senator Timchenko, on the contrary, called the project "progressive and necessary." Later, in August 2025, the construction of a concrete plant began in the same area, which again stirred public opinion. In January 2025, city council deputy Vladimir Malkov published a response from the Kirov administration, which indicated that the option of building a crematorium on Luganskaya was no longer being considered, and the authorities were looking for a site at a significant distance from residential buildings, including areas near Kirov. At the same time, officials assured that the future crematorium would be built in accordance with the requirements of the federal law "On Burial and Funeral Matters."