An attack was committed on a Moscow region deputy involved in corruption investigations

In the city of Stupino (Moscow region) on February 28, an attack was made on the deputy of the city council Nikolai Kuznetsov. about this on Facebook. writes Alexei Gorbachev, a journalist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta,

According to him, Kuznetsov was attacked at the entrance of his house. There were two attackers, they "for several minutes purposefully delivered blows to the head," writes Gorbachev. Kuznetsov has a concussion, a closed craniocerebral injury and bruises of the soft tissues of the head.

The deputy himself does not rule out that the attack is revenge for his investigation of corruption in the city and the entire Stupino district. In particular, the materials of his investigations were published the other day in the City on the Oka newspaper.

Kuznetsov was given a two-year suspended sentence in March 2013 on charges of assaulting a police officer. The case was initiated in the wake of an incident in court, where the administrative case initiated against Kuznetsov was considered, when police officers tried to take away his video camera.