Human rights activist Arkady Chaplygin died of coronavirus
In St. Petersburg, a lawyer, human rights activist Arkady Chaplygin died. This was announced by his acquaintance, director of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov. Chaplygin was 42 years old. According to Pivovarov, he died of coronavirus, but officially this information was not confirmed. “A bright, principled and very cheerful person. We have known each other for almost 20 years, defended me many times in the courts, ”Pivovarov wrote. Arkady Chaplygin was the head of the St.