“The day before, the media published an interview with Mokhov, who had previously served a sentence for especially grave crimes against the person, which caused a wide public outcry.
Journalists and social activists draw the attention of law enforcement agencies to the possible preparation of a new crime by a man, ”the Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Bastrykin instructed investigators to study all of Mokhov's statements and give them a "proper legal assessment."
In September 2000, Viktor Mokhov, together with his accomplice Elena Badukina, kidnapped two girls when they were returning from a disco.
For the next three years and seven months, the maniac kept them in an underground bunker and periodically raped them.