The administration building of the Moscow region town of Khimki was searched as part of the probe into last month’s beating of environmental activist Konstantin Fetisov, who remains in a coma, the Investigative Committee said Monday, without elaborating.
Earlier reports said suspects, allegedly members of criminal gangs warring for control of Khimki, were detained, but the committee denied the rumors, Rusnovosti.ru reported.
Media linked the attack on Fetisov to his participation in the campaign in defense of the Khimki forest, part of which is slated to be cut to make way for an $8 billion highway.
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