Videos from surveillance cameras confirm the incident between a Russia Today TV journalist and a St. Petersburg businessman who shot the woman in the foot, a source close to the investigation said on Tuesday.
Natalya Arkhiptseva, a Russia Today editor, was shot with a rubber bullet on October 9 by a 35-year-old Russian man in the capital's Prado Cafe. She said he opened fire after she objected to a rude comment about her posterior made by him and his friends as she walked passed their table.
The suspect, Sergei Virolaynen, is the chief executive of a St. Petersburg company that specializes in plumbing equipment.
"We have at our disposal two videos of the incident. One of them captures the row between the victim and the suspect during which the suspect took out a gun, raised it several times, pointed it downwards and shot the woman in the foot," the source said.
He said the video matched the testimonies made by witnesses, the victim and the suspect, adding the suspect did not deny his guilt.
A group of ballistic experts will work with the video.
Virolaynen is currently in St. Petersburg on a pledge not to leave the city. He has been charged with hooliganism which carries a maximum sentence of five years behind bars.
He has not given any comments yet.
MOSCOW, October 19 (RIA Novosti)
