Andrey Botikov, one of the developers of the Sputnik V vaccine, was killed in the north-west of Moscow. This was announced today, March 3, in the press service of the Main Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the capital.
“A criminal case has been initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder)”, — stated in the message of the capital UK.
In turn, law enforcement agencies clarified that Andrei Botikov, a senior researcher at the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamaleya, was killed. The Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology reported that Botikov worked as a senior researcher, he was a co-author of the patent for the Sputnik V vaccine, and was among those awarded by the president for the development of the vaccine.
According to investigators, the day before in the apartment of a residential building on the street. Rogov in Moscow, a 29-year-old young man, during a quarrel, strangled the 47-year-old landlord with a belt and disappeared. It is noted that the murder was committed on domestic grounds, during the conflict.
“In the shortest possible time, the location of the attacker was established. During the interrogation, he admitted his guilt, he was charged. – said the senior assistant to the head of the capital’s head office of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Julia Ivanova.
In addition, it turned out that earlier the 29-year-old man was prosecuted for some serious crime. The offender faces up to 15 years in prison.
