It is reported by RIA Novosti.

It is noted that the student of the lecture Sokolov turned to the chairman of the IC Alexander Bastrykin, saying that during the lecture he asked about possible plagiarism by the assistant professor.

He specified that Sokolov did not like the question, after which the young man was pushed out of the audience.

On November 15, Oleg Sokolov was transferred from the temporary detention center to the Kresty jail.

According to investigators, the former associate professor Sokolov killed Anastasia Yeshenko on November 8, and later tried to drown the body in the river.

On November 11, a court in St. Petersburg arrested 63-year-old Sokolov. The accused pleaded guilty.