This was reported by the Russian Investigative Committee.

The department clarified that, according to media reports, in Novosibirsk, five men beat a volunteer collecting assistance for fighters of a special military operation.

“The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia gave instructions to the head of the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Novosibirsk Region, E.G. Dolgalev. initiate a criminal case on this fact and submit a report on the already established circumstances of the incident,” the message says.

Earlier in Vladivostok, the police detained a teenager who beat a peer, and a criminal case was opened against the attacker.