“We don’t understand for what reason the investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia in Bashkiria, who was investigating the rape case, quit. This happened immediately, as the case materials were sent to the court for consideration on the merits, ”the lawyer said.

The press service of the SC SU in the region declined to comment on reports of the dismissal of the employee.

At the end of October 2018, the 23-year-old investigator of the Ufa police said that three chiefs abused her right at the workplace. The defendants in the case are Pavel Yaromchuk, Eduard Matveev and Salavat Galiev. They are under house arrest.