Yabloko demands to initiate a criminal case into the poisoning of writer Dmitry Bykov
Press Release, 11.06.2021
Photo: Writer Dmitry Bykov with his spouse Ekaterina Kevkhishvili. Photo by Mikhail Voskresensky / RIA Novosti
Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin and Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov open a criminal case into the poisoning of the writer Dmitry Bykov with an organophosphate nerve agent.
Rybakov refers to an investigation by Bellingcat and The Insider (https://theins.ru/politika/242567 ), which convincingly proved that the sharp deterioration in Bykov’s condition on the Yekaterinburg-Ufa plane on April 17, 2019, was associated with his poisoning by Novichok.
Many Russian media outlets wrote about the crime. Publications in the press, according to Article 144 Part 2 of the Criminal Procedure Code, constitute grounds for the investigation by law enforcement agencies.
Posted: June 11th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny.