Anatoly Kashpirovsky dies TSN recalls disputed cures

Oct 3

TSN reports Anatoly Kashpirovsky's death at age 86 and recalls his mass-audience Soviet television and stadium healing sessions in the late 1980s. It recounts his claims of remote pain relief and cures, audience testimonials and medical and scientific criticism. The presenter describes the phenomenon as resembling collective psychosis and his later online activity during COVID as charlatanism. She says the Khmelnytskyi-born figure spent much of his life in Russia, served as a legislator, supported Putin and answered that Crimea was Soviet. The age and evaluative language remain TSN's account.

Vremya reports psychotherapist Anatoly Kashpirovsky's death at eighty-seven and revisits his mass following, healing claims and mixed legacy. The full obituary preserves skepticism about evidence and remote analgesia alongside sympathy for the hope he offered. It gives no cause of death and does not validate medical claims. TSN's October 3 obituary gives his age as eighty-six, calls the televised healing phenomenon collective psychosis and charlatanism, and recalls his Soviet following, later online sessions and support for Putin. Vremya gives eighty-seven and a more sympathetic, qualified assessment of hope despite lack of reliable cure evidence. The age discrepancy and distinct legacy judgments remain attributed; no cause of death or medical effectiveness is established.