Another murder moves Russia right now. This time the victim was a researcher who helped develop the anti-vid vaccine Sputnik V. They found him in his apartment in Moscow and there is a prisoner.
According to police sources quoted by the official TASS news agency, the victim is Andrei Botikovresearcher at Gamaleya National Center, developer of the Sputik V vaccine against covid-19.
Botikov co-authored the vaccine patent and received an award from Russian President Vladimir Putin for his work, according to RIA Novosti news agency.
The department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the city of Moscow has opened a criminal case for murder.
According to investigators, on March 2, in an apartment building north-west of Moscow, a 29-year-old man strangled with a belt the owner of the apartment, Botikov, fled during an argument.
However, shortly after the arrest of the alleged perpetrator of the murder, he pleaded guilty under interrogation and was formally charged.
According to TASS, the defendant has a criminal record, as he was tried for committing a serious crime.
Source: Clarin
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