Khumbula ukuthi umshado kaPetrosyan noStemanenko bathatha iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30, kodwa ngasekupheleni konyaka owedlule lo mbhangqwana wanquma ukuhlukana. Kodwa-ke, akunakwenzeka ukuthi wabelane ngempahla ekhokhelwe ngokuhlangene, ehlolwe ama-ruble ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.5, akunakukwazi - ukuke waya enkantolo, okwabeka ukuboshwa kwama-akhawunti womculi. Ukungabi nabulungiswa okunjalo kwaphangwa yimpilo yomuntu osekhulile amahlaya: Ngokommeli wakhe uSergei Zhorin, u-Evgeny Vaganovich waphoqeleka ukuba anikeze ama-ruble ezinkulungwane zamafulethi amamitha ayi-516, lapho uStepanenko ahlala khona njengamanje. I-Elena yenqaba ngokwezigaba ukukhokhela indlu kanokusho, kodwa futhi futhi ingaphumi kuyo.
UZhorin uphinde wengeze ukuthi uphethiloli uphinde ukhokhe izinsizakalo zokusetshenziswa kwezinye izinto ze-Stepanenko uqobo. Akunzima ukuqagela ukuthi umhlanganyeli owayengumuntu wokuqala ka "Anshlag" waphanga ngokuqondile impilo yePetrosyan, eyayiyeka ngenxa yomsizi osemusha uTatiana Bruchunova. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ubudlelwano noTatiana e-Evgeny Vaganovich baqala ngo-2013. Mhlawumbe, uStepanenko akazange anikeze incazelo yezinto ezihlangethwe ngumyeni wakhe. Kepha ngemuva kokuba amahlaya eyeke ukufihla inkosikazi yakhe futhi wacela ukwahlukanisa, ukwesaba kwangempela kokulahlekelwa yisimo esikhulu esihlanganyelwe.