The State Bureau of Investigation closed the case on the probable negligence of the police in the Kherson region, who first and foremost investigated the attack on the Kherson activist Yekaterina Gandzyuk and, probably, could have contributed to the escape of the accused Alexei Levin from Ukraine.

This is stated in the RRB's response to hromadske's information request.

Earlier, law enforcement officers stated that they had opened proceedings under Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (negligence) against employees of the National Police of the Kherson region.

“After carrying out the investigative (search) actions necessary and sufficient for making a legal decision, this proceeding was closed,” they said in response..

Among the likely manifestations of negligence is the detention of Nikolai Novikov, whom law enforcement officials called guilty, and then released after journalists provided him with an alibi..