A criminal case was opened into the discovery of weapons in a St. Petersburg hotel.

A criminal case has been opened into the discovery of a cache of weapons in the St. Petersburg Sputnik Hotel. This was announced on July 6 by a source of Izvestia.

A criminal case has been initiated against an unidentified person under Article 222.1, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of explosives or explosive devices").

Before that, an expert examination was carried out, which recognized the found weapon as military. The investigation will also check the discovered shell casings for involvement in any crimes.

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A cache of weapons was found in Sputnik on the afternoon of June 24 during repair work. According to a source in Izvestia, the hotel previously belonged to the criminal boss Boris Ivanov (also known as Bob the Collector), who was killed in 1999.