OREANDA-NEWS   Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who died in the explosion, warned about the hunt for him, his comrade, the governor of the Kostroma region Sergey Sitnikov, said in the Telegram channel.

"Some time ago, he told me that he had already been warned that the hunt for him had begun," the head of the region said.

He noted that this is due to the disclosure of the activities of secret biological laboratories, including on the territory of Ukraine. Sitnikov expressed confidence that the crime will be solved and the perpetrators will be punished.

Early in the morning of December 17, an explosion occurred at the entrance of an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt. Unknown persons remotely activated the bomb at the moment when the head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops (RCBZ) came out to the official car The Russian Armed Forces Igor Kirillov. The explosion claimed the lives of the Lieutenant General and his assistant. The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case under articles 105 ("Murder"), 205 ("Terrorist attack") and 222 ("Illegal arms trafficking") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.