Russia: one of the Sputnik vaccine scientists killed in Moscow
Andrey Botikov, a senior researcher at the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, who helped create the Sputnik V vaccine, the Tax reports. According to investigators, on March 2, in an apartment building on Rogova Street in Moscow, a 29-year-old man strangled the owner of the apartment, a 47-year-old scientist, with a belt during an argument and fled. He was arrested shortly after.
“The attacker’s location was established in a short time. During the interrogation, he pleaded guilty and was charged. The defendant has a criminal record”. Yesterday’s would be of a domestic crime and the result of a dispute. The Moscow City Khoroshevo District Court has decided to place the assailant, Alexey Vladimirovich Zmanovsky, in custody until May 2 pending trial on charges of killing Andrey Botikov. The defendant pleaded guilty before the sitting court.
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