The police are investigating allegations about the passport of Blinov, who was involved in the attack on Russian oppositionist Volkov

The Public Relations Department of the State Police assured the LETA agency that the clarification of the circumstances is currently ongoing, but the law enforcement officers did not specify whether this is taking place in the departmental examination or in the criminal proceedings.

Blinov, who was arrested in Poland on suspicion of organizing an attack on Volkov, moved around Europe using a fake Latvian passport issued in the name of a non-citizen living in Liepāja who has been punished several times, Latvian Television’s program “de facto” reported on Sunday.

The program has investigated that the fake Latvian passport was issued in 2017 in the name of a non-citizen of Latvia, Sergej Šturba. “de facto” made sure that the passport data is real, except for the picture in which Blinov can be seen instead of Šturba.

Madara Puķe, press representative of the Directorate of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, previously stated to the LETA agency that after receiving the information, the department immediately made sure, according to its competence, that the particular passport was issued correctly, and clarified that no inconsistencies or deficiencies in the process of issuing passports were found during the issuance.

Blinov was detained on September 13 in Poland, where he is accused of organizing the beating of Leonid Volkov on March 12.

The prosecutor of the Mazovia branch of the State Prosecutor’s Office’s Department for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption brought three charges against him, including a charge of beating Russian oppositionist Volkov because of his nationality and political activities.

Several more people were detained in the following months. Currently, there are eight suspects in the investigation, four of whom have been given a preventive measure in the form of temporary detention. The suspects include six Poles, one Belarusian and one Russian.

On March 12, Leonid Volkov was attacked near his home in Vilnius. When the politician arrived there in his car, an unknown person attacked him, sprayed tear gas and started beating Volkov with a hammer. After the attack, the politician was taken to the hospital with a broken arm and several bruises on his leg.

On September 12, the Foundation for Combating Corruption (FBK) published the results of its investigation, according to which the attack on Volkov was ordered by a businessman living in Israel, a former representative of the management of the oil company “Yukos” Nevzlin.

Source: www.diena.lv