Popov Evgeny Aleksandrovich

Popov Evgeny Aleksandrovich

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2022: Leaving the pre-trial detention center in the case of the death of patients from barium sulfate poisoning

At the end of September 2022, there was a turn in the case of four doctors at the consultative and diagnostic center in St. Petersburg (CDC No. 1), accused of patients from barium sulfate poisoning during GI X-rays. For about nine months, the ex-head physician of the clinic Evgeny Popov and three of his subordinates were in jail. However, on September 26, 2022, the court released them under house arrest, which the doctors initially asked for.

The prosecution asked to extend the arrest of the defendants in the case, stating that they are accused of committing a serious crime (ex-head chief physician Evgeny Popov is causing death by negligence to two or more persons (part 3 of article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and in the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements (part 3 of article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and can hide. Also, by the end of September 2022, all circumstances have not been established, in connection with which, the investigation is sure, the accused can destroy evidence or have an impact on freedom, Kommersant writes.

Evgeny Aleksandrovich Popov

Both lawyers and the accused themselves objected to further detention in the pre-trial detention center. The defenders reminded the judge that detention is applied if it is impossible to choose a milder preventive measure, and asked to send the defendants under house arrest. In addition, the court took into account that medical workers are prosecuted for the first time, have permanent registration in St. Petersburg and are citizens of the Russian Federation, after which they decided to mitigate the measure of restraint.

Evgeny Popov, Alexandra Feofanova, Natalya Surovenko and Elena Medvedeva will remain under house arrest until December 26, 2022. They are prohibited from communicating with anyone except close relatives, law enforcement officers or an investigator, as well as using the Internet. All four were released in the courtroom.^[1]

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