The man was hospitalized with an open craniocerebral trauma.
The website of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region reported there has been an attack on the head of Gazprom project department.
According to the information available, the attack was committed late on November 9. Two unknown persons beat the Gazprom department head, 53, on Bogatyrsky Avenue at about 7:30pm. The blows were delivered by a piece of reinforcement bar or a similar heavy object. The victim was hospitalized with an open craniocerebral trauma. He is in a critical condition.
An investigation is under way. No suspects have been found yet. A criminal case was instituted under part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code (Hooliganism).