A criminal case has been opened against two suspects in beating the figure skater Dmitry Solovyov. This was announced on Tuesday, December 21, by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow.
“A criminal case has been initiated on the basis of corpus delicti provided for in part 2 of article 112 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation“ Intentional infliction of medium-gravity harm to health, ”the department noted.
As it became known to Izvestia, two suspects were detained for 48 hours. On Wednesday they will choose a preventive measure.
According to the 112 service, Vladislav Smirnov and Vladislav Yakovtsev, both born in 2003, are involved in the case.
Vladimir Vasenin, the head of the Public Relations Information Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, reported that the intruders who allegedly attacked the skater were detained in hot pursuit not far from the scene and taken to the territorial police department.
Earlier on Tuesday, the chairman of the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to petition for the transfer of materials on the fact of beating the figure skater Dmitry Solovyov from the police to the investigative authorities of Moscow.
Olympic champion in figure skating, 32-year-old Dmitry Soloviev, was beaten up the night before. As a result of the incident, he received various injuries and is now in a hospital in a moderately serious condition.
The athlete stood up for his girlfriend, the curler, Anna Sidorova, after which a verbal skirmish arose between him and the unknown, which later turned into a fight. According to the girl, she asked the strangers for a lighter, in response they began to insult her.
The skater’s manager Elena Bolotova said that the police were called to the scene. Law enforcement officers took all the participants in the scuffle to the department, where later an ambulance was called for Solovyov.
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