The new healer Valery Kustov gained a lot of attention on television. He claims to be able to cure anyone of any illness. Where did he come from?
Recently shown on TV Valeria Kustova presented as someone who can "see through people". Along with this ability, the program's protagonist showcased several instances of supposedly healing people with serious, almost incurable conditions.
For instance, the program producers presented the story of a girl suffering from an extremely rare disease – haemolacria. The host noted that only 15 people worldwide have been affected by it in the past 20 years.
Meet Kustov with the 21-year-old Anastasia Zennikova from Yekaterinburg, who allegedly had blood flowing from her nose, ears, and eyes for a long time. Photos of Zennikova with blood on her face were displayed on screens in the studio, contrasting with the smiling, seemingly happy guest seated below. She was supposedly cured by Valery Kustov.
It's no surprise that a real commotion started on the internet – during the broadcast, many were convinced of his abilities. Searching for Kustov's full name on search engines leads to resources where people only ask: how to contact a psychic?
It's intriguing that Kustov doesn't appear to be in a rush to communicate with potential clients. Many who found the healer's contact information report never receiving a response to their inquiries.
Why psychic Kustov gathers people's information
Upon examining the healer's biography, Life noticed several peculiarities and contradictions.
Valery Kustov has his own website where a message is posted stating that appointments can only be made in writing through a special form. The applicant must provide their full name, age, city of residence, mobile number, email, and provide a detailed description of their illness. It's also desirable to attach a medical report and other documents from their medical institution.
It's worth noting that in today's world, this set of personal information is sufficient to learn a lot about a person: their status, marital status, employment, ownership of vehicles and property, legal issues, bank accounts, and social media accounts. This can reveal the person's circle of friends, hobbies, and habits.
In theory, when responding to a client's appointment request, Kustov may already know enough about them to "see through" – mentioning past events, situations, and possibly manipulating this knowledge in some way.
Furthermore, the healer does not take on all illnesses: the website lists a long set of exempted conditions, including oncology, mental disorders, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, diabetes, psoriasis, vitiligo, multiple sclerosis, tuberculosis, alcohol, gambling, and drug addiction, as well as eye diseases. It's a mystery why Kustov took on the task of treating Zennikova's bleeding eyes.
Experts say that fortune tellers avoid such illnesses for a purpose.
Doctor or fake
Regarding the main patient of Kustov, it's not all that simple. After the TV program, the girl’s classmates and teachers talked a lot, Life only found out that, at least in the lower grades, Anastasia’s then surroundings didn't notice such an issue.
At the same time, eye specialists interviewed by Life confirm that hemolacria is an extremely rare illness and is still not well-researched. However, today there are several studies suggesting that in teenage girls it can appear during puberty due to hormonal imbalances. In this case, hemolacria goes away on its own as unexpectedly as it starts. It's quite possible that Kustov could not have treated Zennikova at all: if there was an illness, it could have passed without any magical gestures.
By the way, after the broadcast, Anastasia Zennikova's social media page was flooded with messages about the rules for meeting a psychic – it appears that Anastasia was actively involved in promoting her benefactor. A little over a year ago, she moved from Yekaterinburg to Moscow and offered the services of a content manager and a specialist designer on one of the free classifieds sites.
How Kustov became a psychic
Another intriguing story: on a TV show, Kustov recounted his experience as an assistant to the director of the Rostov NPP. Allegedly, he then predicted an accident at the station and even “saw” a possible cause of the emergency. According to the psychic, it was related to an accident that purportedly occurred “many years ago.”
Life discovered that during this time Valery Kustov could not have been an employee of the station, as he was working at the 10th city polyclinic of Rostov-on-Don and at the same time practicing at the local private clinic “Family Doctor”.
Kustov formally appeared in state medical facilities in August 1999 – at that time he was listed as an employee of the departmental hospital of the North Caucasus Railway. He worked there for only 4 months and then moved to the 10th polyclinic, where he was listed until December 2002.
He worked at “Family Doctor” until the end of 2007, and for the next three years he did not work officially anywhere. In January 2011, the psychic established an individual entrepreneur with activities in the field of scientific research, medicine, and physical culture and health procedures. He has been working in this capacity ever since.
In the SPARK information system, there are several records about the involvement of the psychic’s namesake in three business projects in the 90s, two of them were registered in Rostov-on-Don, Kustov's hometown, in 1992 and 1994, and one — in St. Petersburg.
All firms were liquidated by the Federal Tax Service as inactive by 2014. It is no longer possible to understand what the Rostov companies OAO Vozrozhdenie and LLP Kub were doing.
Like any self-respecting magician, healer and psychic, Valery Kustov has a bunch of various diplomas and certificates. Most of them were signed by the deceased Yakov Galperin – a man who called himself the personal doctor of Joseph Stalin (while yesterday’s intern was only 26 years old when the Secretary General died), a well-known businessman from everything unknown, chairman of the board of the All-Russian Research Center for Traditional Folk Medicine “ENIOM”.
The center is known for making money by selling the services of fortune tellers, astrologers, palmists, massage therapists, energy channel cleaners, as well as various courses on meditation, spiritual practices. Including applied ones – for example, for 60 thousand rubles, anyone who wishes will be given a diploma of a healer. You don’t even need to ride anywhere – all classes are held via Skype or Zoom, and the diploma will arrive by mail.
Among them stands out the diploma of “Healer No. 1”, issued by the Ministry of Health of the Rostov Region in 2011. At that time, the regional Ministry of Health headed Tatiana Bykovskaya. Ten years later, she will become a defendant in a criminal case of abuse of power.
