Scientist Behind Russia's Covid Vaccine "Strangled" to death

HY News 04 March, 2023 03:12 pm IST
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A Russian virologist who one of the scientist who helped develop Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine was found dead in his Moscow apartment, the Russian Media has reported.

It was found that he was strangled to death with a belt in his Moscow apartment and a murder investigation launched on this.  

Andrey Botikov, 48, was one of the 18 scientist who developed Sputnik V vaccine at the Gamaleya National Research Center.

According to some local media reports, an intruder had broke into his home and started asking for money. According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, on March 2, 2023, in an apartment building located on Rogova Street in Moscow, a 29-year-old young man, during an argument, strangled the 47-year-old owner of the apartment with a belt and fled the scene. The investigative committee also said accused has been identified in the “in the shortest possible time."

“In the shortest possible time, the location of the attacker was established. During the interrogation, he admitted his guilt, he was charged. Previously, the defendant was prosecuted for committing a serious crime," it wrote. Some reports in the Russian media has named the accused as Alexei Z.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Andrey Botikov had worked as a Senior Scientist at the Russian State Collection of Viruses DI Ivanovsky Institute of Virology from July 2002 - November 2014.

After his stint there, he later joined as a Senior Scientist at the N. F. Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology & Microbiology in November 2014. He was also awarded an Order of Merit for the Fatherland for his work on the vaccine, as reported by the Mirror.

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