The examination confirmed that the body found in the forest belongs to the familiar defendants in the Penza case Levchenko

DNA expertise confirmed that the remains found in the Ryazan forest belong to the familiar convicted person in the Penza case, Ekaterina Levchenko. This "Mediazone" was reported by her mother Tatyana Levchenko.

Ekaterina Levchenko disappeared with her friend Artem Dorofeev in the spring of 2017. Dorofeev’s body was found eight months later in the forest near Ryazan, but his remains were identified only in February 2019.

Later, "Medusa" published a story of a familiar defendants in Penza’s business Alexei Poltavets, who left Russia. Heclaims that he killed Dorofeev. Levchenko, according to the Poltava, was killed by the convicted person in the Penza case, Maxim Ivankin.

After the publication of Medusa, near the village of Lopukhi in the Ryazan region, the remains were found , which, presumably, belong to Levchenko. They were near the place where they discovered the corpse of Dorofeev.

Lawyer Ivankina Konstantin Kartashov said that his client was interrogated about Dorofeev and Levchenko back in 2019 as a witness. With the Poltava, the defender said, Ivankin had "no relations as such."