Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered...

The crash, which provoked public outrage, caused the deaths of a well-known gynecologist, Vera Sidelnikova, and her daughter-in-law, Olga Alexandrina, also a doctor.

The accident occurred on February 25 on Moscow"s Leninsky Prospekt when the chauffeur-driven Mercedes of the LUKoil executive, Anatoly Barkov, collided with the small Citroen driven by Alexandrina.

Barkov was hospitalized with minor injuries, while his driver, Vladimir Kartayev, refused medical treatment.

"The president has ordered Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev to enquire into all the circumstances of this tragedy and report back," Natalia Timakova said.

She added that Medvedev was aware of the open letter addressed to him by some dozen Russian cultural elites.

The letter, written by novelist and outspoken feminist Maria Arbatova, accused police of being biased and hushing up the details of the investigation.

"The information which has come from police to the press is

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