The killer was a close relative of the criminal who shot down her sister in the car and then, thanks to the persistence of Irina sentenced to criminal punishment. This was reported by the director of the Department of Communication of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Artem Shevchenko.

According to him, a person who is objectively suspected of committing a crime is detained. However, he did not specify the details, noting that more detailed information will be made public later.

A little later, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, referring to First Deputy Interior Minister Sergei Yarovoi, said that the suspect in the murder of the human rights activist was detained in the manner prescribed by the relevant article of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.

At the same time, First Deputy Chairman of the National Police of Ukraine Vyacheslav Abroskin explained that the law enforcers restored the whole route of the movement that died on the day of its disappearance - from the metro station "Heroes of the Dnieper" to the village of Demidov in the Kiev region. All six drivers of shuttle buses were interviewed, who traveled along the specified route. In addition, the police conducted apartment and housekeeping detours, interviewing more than a thousand residents of the village of Demidov, - he said, adding that now there are active investigative actions and the necessary operational-search measures to identify possible witnesses and eyewitnesses who could move along with Nozdrovskaya.

In addition, according to Abroskina, in a criminal case in connection with the murder of a human rights defender, a significant number of forensic examinations. The results of the most necessary of them are planned to be received in the near future.

Funeral Nozdrovskaya will be held on January 9.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, a lawyer Irina Nozdrovskaya, who lived in the village Demidov Vyshgorodsky district of the Kiev region, was found dead in the river on January 1, 2018. Criminal proceedings were opened on the fact of deliberate murder. Ministry of Internal Affairs, police, detention, murder, Nozdrovskaya.