Director General of Vneshotorgbank 24 was killed by a shot in the head

In Moscow, the General Director of the Department of Vneshotorgbank on Chertanovskaya Street Alexander Porokhin was shot dead. According to the press service of the metropolitan prosecutor's office, the crime occurred around 23:30 Moscow time. On Tuesday in the house on Kolomenskaya embankment. The banker was killed by a shot in the head. His body was found on the landing in front of the elevator on the 15th floor of the house 10, building 2 on Kolomenskaya embankment. A shot sleeve was found at the crime scene, the weapon was not found. At about three in the morning, Porokhin’s body was sent to one of the metropolitan morgues.

The prosecutor's office of the Southern Administrative District of Moscow opened a criminal case under Article 105, part 2 (intentional murder). The prosecutor’s office believes that the crime is ordered in nature and is associated with the professional activities of Porokhin. As Vladimir Ponezhezhsky, deputy prosecutor of Moscow, told reporters, the investigation considers all versions of the causes of the murder.

Former Moss Council deputy, 58-year-old Blokhin, recently served as the general director of the external office of Vneshotorgbank 24 (Chertanovskoye), a subsidiary of the bank. Relatives of the murdered say that recently anonymous threats have repeatedly received anonymous threats. Despite this, the banker has never used security.

This is the second murder of a major banker lately. A month ago, in Moscow, unknown people shot the deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Andrei Kozlov along with his driver.

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