Mironov has no doubt that the attack is linked to his professional activities. He had been involved in reports exposing how Russian authorities circumvent sanctions. According to Mironov and Petrachkova, the assault served as a warning: “We know where you live and can reach you even in Argentina.”
The police swiftly took action, and soon, surveillance cameras identified the assailant — a white male, approximately 185 cm tall, wearing glasses. The footage captured him approaching Mironov's building and following Petrachkova, recording the events on his mobile phone. When shown his photo, Maxim couldn't recognize anyone familiar.
Through an image search, The Insider identified the man as 38-year-old Grzegorz Daszkowski from Bydgoszcz, Poland. Flight records confirm that he arrived in Argentina on August 30 via an Air France flight from Paris and departed on September 5 — back to Paris.