Civil activist Elena Grigorieva was killed in St. Petersburg

Civil activist Yelena Grigorieva was killed in St. Petersburg, said . human rights activist Dinar Idrisov

According to him, she participated in the actions of "democratic, anti-war and LGBT movements."

Grigorieva's body was found on July 21 - according to Fontanka , a few hundred meters from her house. According to the publication, she was stabbed eight times.

Fontanka wrote that a 40-year-old resident of Bashkortostan was suspected of the murder, but later, citing the Investigative Committee, reported that there was no suspect in the case yet.

According to Dinar Idrisov, Grigoryeva has recently been subjected to violence and faced death threats (from whose side, he does not specify). “Lena and her lawyer contacted law enforcement agencies both on the fact of violence and on the fact of threats, but there was no noticeable reaction from the police,” he said.

• in connection with the death of Elena Grigorieva Dinar Idrisov mentioned the murder of activist Konstantin Sinitsyn in 2018 . In his opinion, the investigation of the case "brought no answers", and the person convicted of the murder "most likely was not involved in it."