The investigation committee of Russia in the annexed Crimea started a criminal case on death of "Krymskaya Pravda" journalist Oleksiy Yermolin. As the committee reports, the death resulted from a fight between two neighbours; as a result, Yermolin sustained grave injuries and was hospitalized, yet  he died in the hospital on August 20. The journalist’s colleagues have different versions about his death; in particular, Denys Rudenko thinks that it was a premeditated murder. "Krymskaya Pravda" is a pro-Russian newspaper that supported annexation of Crimea.