MOSCOW, July 19 (RAPSI) – Investigation into the head of a municipal settlement in Russia’s Republic of Khakassia Sergey Zaitsev, who had allegedly committed an assault upon a Russia TV channel camera crew member, has been completed, the Investigative Committee’s press service reports.

Indictment is to be approved against Zaitsev, and then the case will be forwarded to court for hearing, the statement reads.

According to investigators, on May 22, 2019, the TV camera crew entered the administration’s building to record an interview with the municipal settlement’s head. Zaitsev, sitting in his cabinet and displeased with the journalists’ actions, allegedly pushed and floored one of the film crew members therefore scratching him.

During pretrial investigation, the accused pleaded not guilty and withdrew testimony, the statement reads.