MOSCOW, May 6. Russian Interior Minister Kolokoltsev has decided to award policemen who distinguished themselves in solving a terrorist act against writer Zakhar Prilepin in the Nizhny Novgorod region, reported Irina Volk, the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, told journalists.
«Vladimir Kolokoltsev decided to award policemen who distinguished themselves in solving a high-profile crime in the Nizhny Novgorod region,» Volk said.
According to her, three policemen from the Nizhny Novgorod region will be presented for the award area: Lieutenant Colonel Ekaterina Sirotina, Major Alexander Sokolov and Lieutenant Dmitry Voevodin. It was they who discovered and detained a previously convicted man who may have been involved in blowing up a car near the forest. .
Earlier on Saturday, Prilepin's car was blown up on a highway in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The driver was killed, Prilepin was wounded. Later, in the region, police officers in hot pursuit detained a man who may be involved in blowing up a car with Prilepin, the Ministry of Internal Affairs informed. Later, the department announced that it was continuing to search for possible accomplices of the detainee.
There is no threat to Prilepin's health, he received minor fractures, said the governor of the region, Gleb Nikitin.