Since 2001, rumors about the forthcoming departure of Svetlana Surganova from the "night Snipers" have been persistently circulating, but both founders of the group answered negatively to the direct questions of journalists. However, a few days after the release of the album "Tsunami", December 17, 2002, Surganova really goes. When at the concert on December 20, 2002, fans, not seeing Svetlana on stage, begin to chant her name, Diana Arbenina announces that Surganova left the group. Her departure becomes a topic for discussion for a long time. The details of the rupture remained unknown, commentators have concluded a long-standing personal and musical differences; in interviews, the data after December 17, both the founder of the group agree on the fact that Diana asked her to leave the group, and she agreed. Svetlana in 2003, formed a new band called "Surganova and Orchestra", which continues to perform to this day.