The remains of a Ukrainian scientist who disappeared in unknown circumstances 16 years ago (map) were found in the Russian Federation

He planned to speak at a scientific event. However, according to the media reports of that time, the official invitation in his name was not designed, and he did not show on the lists of participants of the seminar. On June 23, Novikov went out for a walk from the camp "Ankhaluk" near the village of Goryachinsk, after which he disappeared. It was searched by employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Baikal Search and Rescue Squad, Water Police and Cinema.

The daughter of the missing also came to Buryatia, trying to find out the circumstances of his father's disappearance on her own. In 2019, official searches were stopped. After 16 years, in May 2025, the local Lama found human remains in the forest near the village of Novy Enhaluk. A phone was found nearby, whose IMEi coincided with the number of Novikov's device. Also near the remains were inserted jaws and several Ukrainian coins.

The examination is currently underway to finalize the person of the victim. Earlier, Gazeta. ua noted that the professor of Vinnytsia Technical University 73-year-old Anatoliy Novikov disappeared in the outskirts of the Russian Lake Baikal. The then rector of the educational institution Boris Mokin said that he had forbade Novikov to go to a seminar to Buryatia. However, the professor still went "he-an experienced tourist, he could not get lost.

He went forests, swamps, was in the North Urals, in Karelia, the Carpathians. Buryatia is a bandit region, " - added a colleague of Yuri Kravchenko. We will remind, in early February in Russia the captain of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, involved in a blow to the village of thunderstorms. For more than a month, the war criminal Konstantin Nagiko was in serious condition.