Russian lawmaker’s body found cemented in barrel
Published : 2013-02-19 20:34
Updated : 2013-02-19 20:34
MOSCOW (AP) ― Authorities say the body of a Russian local lawmaker has been found cemented in a barrel. Another politician has been accused of ordering the killing over an $80 million debt.
Mikhail Pakhomov, 37, went missing last week. He was a member of the local legislature in Lipetsk, a city some 350 kilometers south of Moscow, and was last seen when three unidentified men pushed him into a car and drove away.
Russia’s Investigative Committee says several suspects were detained in the case, and that authorities found Pakhomov’s badly beaten body in a barrel of cement in a garage.
The committee says Yevgeny Kharitonov, a former provincial official, is being held on suspicion of ordering the killing of Pakhomov, allegedly over the $80 million debt.
Mikhail Pakhomov, 37, went missing last week. He was a member of the local legislature in Lipetsk, a city some 350 kilometers south of Moscow, and was last seen when three unidentified men pushed him into a car and drove away.
Russia’s Investigative Committee says several suspects were detained in the case, and that authorities found Pakhomov’s badly beaten body in a barrel of cement in a garage.
The committee says Yevgeny Kharitonov, a former provincial official, is being held on suspicion of ordering the killing of Pakhomov, allegedly over the $80 million debt.
