Former Russian pro Dmitri Neliubin has been killed in a fight on the night of New Year's Day. Late in the evening on January 1, 2005, he and his friends came out to join the New Year celebrations (a couple of years ago a tradition was born in Russia to spend an hour or two outdoors, launching fireworks).
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