Dolmatov had participated in the so-called "March of Millions", an opposition demonstration on 6 May 2012 which resulted in clashes with police.
[4] On 18 April 2013, the State Secretary for the Security and Justice, Fred Teeven, survived a vote of no confidence on his handling of asylum seekers; the debate was called following a Dutch government agency investigation of the suicide of Dolmatov found that multiple parts of the Dutch immigration system failed him, including medical, legal and state organizations.
[1] On 18 January 2013, opposition activists picketed the Dutch Embassy in Moscow[5] and Saint Petersburg,[6] Russia and Kyiv,[7] Ukraine in memory of Aleksandr Dolmatov.
According to him, Foreign Ministry defends Russian citizens regardless of their political views as this is the statutory requirement and moral, not just official, duty.
[13] The Dutch ambassador to Moscow said that Dolmatov's death was not triggered by the refusal to grant him asylum in the Netherlands.