Investigation

The perpetrators of the crime have never been found. Two investigations, carried out by the local prosecutor's office, stalled and finally ended, due to lack of evidence.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

Reactions

Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov participated in his funeral.^[17][18][19]

On 19 December 2007 Belarusian activists picketed the Russian Embassy in memory of Yuriy Chervochkin.^[20] On 17 January 2008 Russian opposition groups Oborona, NBP, RNDS, AKM protested in Moscow against the murder of Yuriy Chervochkin.^[21][22]

Opposition and Chervochkin's family version

Chervochkin's family, friends and political comrades remained convinced that Chervochkin was the victim of Russian Militsiya.^{[23][24][25][26]} Some of observers believed that the attack may have been motivated by his political activism.^[27][28] Direct responsible for murder they call Department of fight against extremism of Office of fight against organized crime (UBOP) of the Moscow region and personally the chief of this department Alexey Okopny. According to them, Okopny repeatedly detained also interrogated Chervochkin; also shortly before murder Chervochkin reported that Okopny by phone threatened to break to it the head.^[29][30][31]

On 18 October 2012 Okopny brought an action against one of party leaders «Other Russia» (the former National Bolshevik Party) Sergei Aksenov and civil activist Pavel Shechtman, demanding a denial of statements about his participation in murder.^[9] December 6, 2012 the court sentenced Aksenov and Schechtman to a fine (in 40 and 50 thousand roubles), but did not require them to publish a refutation of charges^[32][33] A few days later, Pavel Shechtman published the article "The Story of a Murder", in which Okopny newly is accused of involvement in the murder, based this time on the materials of the judicial process.^[34]