Andruschenko was a prominent journalist famous for his investigative reporting on such dangerous topics as local crime, corruption, and police brutality.
He was reported to have been severely beaten by unidentified people on 9 March and put into a medically-induced coma.
According to Alevtina Ageeva, the head of the publishing house Noviy Petersburg, “on the evening of 9 March he left for a business meeting. The same night he was picked up by the ambulance and taken to the Mariinsky hospital with a craniocerebral injury. Later on he had surgery and was put into a medically-induced coma’’ in which he stayed for more than a month.
“Nicolay’s death is our common tragedy, sorrow and pain. The loss of any colleague is irrevocable. We are waiting for a detailed report from the police concerning the circumstances of the murder of our journalist. We insist that the perpetrators should be found and punished”, RUJ Chairman Vsevolod Bogdanov said.
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