The Investigative Committee again did not initiate a case regarding the poisoning of oppositionist Kara-Murza

The Investigative Committee did not initiate a criminal case over the poisoning of opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. this The politician himself announced on Facebook.

Kara-Murza demanded that a case of attempted murder be opened (part 3 of article 30, part 1 of article 105 of the Criminal Code) in connection with two poisoning attempts in 2015 and 2017. The Investigative Committee rejected the oppositionist “due to the absence of a crime.” He promised to challenge the decision of the Investigative Committee.

In 2015, Kara-Murza was hospitalized in a stable and serious condition. The examination revealed that the permissible concentration of heavy metals in his body exceeded the permissible concentration. The oppositionist had already demanded that the Investigative Committee open a criminal case for poisoning, but the department refused him.

In February 2017, the oppositionist was taken to intensive care in serious condition with the same symptoms as in 2015. In both cases, doctors diagnosed “toxic effects of an unreported substance.” Kara-Murza demanded that a criminal case be opened for attempted murder, but the Investigative Committee refused several times.

journalists Bellingcat analyzed the movements of FSB officers who traveled on the same routes as Kara-Murza Jr. According to investigators, both cases in which the oppositionist ended up in the hospital with symptoms of poisoning were preceded by trips in which he was secretly accompanied by security forces.

Bellingcat found that Kara-Murza was being monitored by the same employees of the Institute of Forensic Science and the Second Service of the FSB, who were spotted on the same flights as the alleged participants in the surveillance of politician Alexei Navalny.