{"id":138518,"date":"2020-12-21T20:05:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/suspect-in-death-of-russian-covid-19-scientist-released\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T20:05:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:05:44","slug":"suspect-in-death-of-russian-covid-19-scientist-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/suspect-in-death-of-russian-covid-19-scientist-released\/","title":{"rendered":"#Suspect in death of Russian COVID-19 scientist released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Suspect in death of Russian COVID-19 scientist released<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Alexander-Kagansky-3-east2west-news.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A suspect in the death of a prominent Russian scientist who was working on a COVID-19 vaccine is being released from police custody Monday pending a lie-detector test.<\/p>\n<p>Police also released new details in the suspicious death of Alexander \u201cSasha\u201d Kagansky, 45, who was found dead with a stab wound after plunging 14 stories from his high-rise apartment in St. Petersburg on Saturday, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Kagansky, who was in his underwear, was discovered outside the building by a neighbor. <\/p>\n<p>The suspect, identified as a childhood friend of Kagansky, told police they were celebrating the scientist\u2019s birthday when he stabbed himself and leaped to his death, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2020\/12\/21\/russian-scientist-who-worked-on-coronavirus-vaccine-stabbed-falls-out-of-window-a72427\">Moscow Times said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> site, Fontanka.ru, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fontanka.ru\/2020\/12\/21\/69645921\/\">identified the suspect<\/a> as journalist Igor Ivanov. <\/p>\n<p>Police held the suspect for questioning for 48 hours but were due to release him Monday pending a polygraph, Moscow Times said.<\/p>\n<p>Kagansky, who was best known for his work on cancer research, spent 13 years working in Edinburgh, Scotland, until 2017. <\/p>\n<p>He was most recently working as director of the Center for Genomic and Regenerative Medicine at Far Eastern Federal University in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports he was working on a COVID-19 vaccine.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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