"Possessed secret information": what is known about "Putin's doctor" who tried to escape from Russia and why he was detained

Russia has detained and arrested Viktor Trukhin, director of the Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums of the Russian Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA), who is believed to have known Vladimir Putin's medical secrets. The man's daughter had earlier reported him missing to police, saying he had stopped contacting her on September 3.

RosSMI wrote that Trukhin allegedly left Moscow on his own and was caught by the FSB while trying to escape abroad via Belarus. According to the report, the Russian had a Nicaraguan passport. Later, Smolninsky district court of St. Petersburg arrested the figure on suspicion of committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the aggressor country (misappropriation or embezzlement committed by an organized group, as well as on a particularly large scale).

On September 7, RIA Novosti, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, reported that Trukhin had disappeared in Moscow. The same evening, the FMBA press service said he was dismissed from his post as director of the Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums on September 4, following an inspection that revealed "violations in the conduct of financial and economic activities."

Russian investigators said Trukhin had caused damage to the institute he headed to the tune of 436,746,816 rubles.

According to Fontanka, the Russian wrote a farewell letter to FMBA employees after learning he was being fired."I will say frankly: I have nothing to reproach neither myself nor any of you for all these years of working shoulder to shoulder," he said in the text.

Trukhin, 59, a lawyer by training, held a senior position at Russia's leading state scientific institute for 11 years.

The Sun noted that he was fully aware of the latest Russian research and development on vaccines, serums and "bacterial drugs." The institute, which Trukhin headed, is part of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA), a Russian government agency tasked with ensuring the country's radiation, chemical and biological safety and health protection.

The Trukhin Institute has developed drugs to fight coronavirus, hepatitis and sexually transmitted diseases. It played a leading role in exporting vaccines to the aggressor country, but had other mysterious contracts.

Its biggest client was a company owned by Putin's close friend Sergei Chemezov, a former KGB colleague of the Russian president.

According to media reports, Trukhin has long been part of the Russian dictator's medical team and allegedly knew secret information about him.

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