Tried to escape from the Russian Federation: the FSB detained Putin's chief doctor - the media

According to journalists, 59-year-old Viktor Trukhin tried to go to Belarus. The day before it became known that he was released from the St. Petersburg Research Institute of vaccines and sera. 59-year-old Victor Trukhin was arrested in St. Petersburg, who was believed to know Vladimir Putin's medical secrets. Initially, he was dismissed from the post of director of the St.

Petersburg Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera of Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA), then he disappeared for six days, and then it turned out that he was taken into custody by court decision. He is accumulated by almost six million dollars. About it writes The Sun with reference to the anonymous Telegram-channel. Victor Trukhin was arrested after he was caught during "attempting to escape from the country" through Belarus, journalists say.

He is reportedly aware of the latest Russian studies and developments in vaccines, serums and "bacterial drugs". Viktor Trukhin disappeared for his relatives on September 5. It became known that day that he was released from the St. Petersburg Research Institute of vaccines and serums.

The Institute, headed by Trukhin, is a part of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA), a Russian state body, designed to provide radiation, chemical and biological security of the Russian Federation, and is careful about health care. He was also engaged in the development of vaccines to combat coronavirus (Convasel vaccine), hepatitis and sexually transmitted diseases, and export Russian vaccines.

The largest client of the Institute was a company owned by Putin's close friend Sergei Chemezov, a former KGB colleague, who is a billionaire and head of Rostekh, a state high -tech defense conglomerate, journalists say. Trukhin wrote a farewell letter to his subordinates, noting that he was not at his own request. After that he disappeared. The family could not find it, the daughter wrote a statement to law enforcement.

On September 7, Trukhina initiated the case under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation 160. And on September 8, he tried to leave the Russian Federation to Belarus and was detained by the FSB staff of the Russian Federation, the message reads. The report states that the case was raised after it became clear that Trukhin intends to leave the Russian Federation and could tell a lot of interesting things about Russian "vaccines and serums".

Smolninsky District Court took Viktor Trukhin in custody. He passes the suspect in the case of a particularly large amount, reported in the united press service of the courts of St. Petersburg. According to the investigation, in January 2021, Trukhin took advantage of his powers and transferred $ 5. 9 million from the account of the St. Petersburg Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera of FMBA at the expense of the organization registered with Nicaragua. In court, he requested house arrest.

The defense noted that he actively cooperates with the investigation and is ready to help to understand "the qualification of his actions. " Allegedly, as journalists write, Trukhin "admitted the non-targeted payment" Latin American Institute of Biotechnology Mechnikov "is a joint Russian-Naraguan enterprise, a joint-stock company, in which the shareholders' composition is distributed as follows: Russian Federation-66%.