Reports of Dmitry Kovtun's apparent death from a COVID-related illness have appeared in a social media site belonging to Andrei Lugovoy, the second suspect in the murder plot.

德米特里·科夫通明显死于新冠肺炎相关疾病的报道出现在了一家社交媒体网站上，该网站属于上述谋杀案的第二嫌疑人安德烈·卢戈沃伊。