The Investigative Committee began an investigation based on a statement from a Moscow artist who spoke about the attack by the head of the Meshchansky municipal district
In Moscow, investigators began an investigation following a statement from artist Elena Batova, who accused the head of the Meshchansky municipal district, a member of the United Russia party, Alexander Zakuskin, of attack, Dozhd reports , citing the artist herself. As Batova wrote on Facebook, on March 26 at about 19:00 she arrived at a workshop belonging to the Union of Artists on Varsanofevsky Lane. The artist called teacher Andrei Smirnov, five minutes later he came out to open the gate.