The FSIN of St. Petersburg denies the torture of an entrepreneur who died in a pre -trial detention center

The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia denies reports that businessman Valery Pshenichichnaya was tortured before death in one of the pre-trial detention centers of St. Petersburg. Earlier, the New Gazeta published a material stating that traces of torture were found on the body of the entrepreneur. The press service of the FSIN refused to comment on the details of the investigation of the death of the businessman.

On April 16, the New Gazeta published a material in which the results of the forensic medical examination were given. According to the reports, wheat shots were found in wheat shock, numerous wounds, as well as a fracture of the spine. According to doctors, the businessman was strangled with a lace from his hood. The article claims that before his death, the businessman sent a note to his wife, in which he asked no one to pay. "

Pshenichniki was arrested on January 18 this year. The entrepreneur was a defendant in the theft of about 100 million rubles from the Ministry of Defense when designing submarines "Warsaw". On February 5, he was found hanged in the cell of the pre -trial detention center. The investigation believes that it was suicide.