The deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia: the executors of the murder of the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank were not special forces

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Andrei Novikov confirmed on Friday the fact of the detention of the murder of the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Andrei Kozlov , he said this to the Moscow Komsomolets newspaper.

“During the operational investigative measures, law enforcement agencies were detained by the executors of the murder - three citizens of Ukraine,” Novikov said, adding that “the persons involved in this murder were detained by our employees. None of them came to the police guilty.”

He also called the information that the detainees were former special forces, while the deputy minister referred to the leakage of information that harmed the work of the investigators. According to him, an investigation is being carried out on this case. “The perpetrators will certainly be punished,” Novikov emphasized.

Answering the question of the investigation of the murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya , he said that in this case there was an active operational work, but refused to delve into the details of the case.

Commenting on the recent activity of extremist groups in the country, the deputy minister assured that the database of participants in extremist organizations has already been created. At the same time, special attention is paid to the financing of this kind of activity.

In this regard, Novikov noted that "in St. Petersburg, a criminal group participated in the schemes of financial folly of extremists was revealed." "We checked one of the active participants in the movement of anti -globalists and found that he had cashed a significant amount of money in one of the commercial banks of the city, and then transferred their participants in the riots at the Kirov stadium and at the October 16 GKZ on July 16.

In addition, in St. Petersburg, law enforcement officers continue to work to eliminate the activities of the right-wing extremist group "Mad Craud".

11 active participants have already been detained and their involvement in the commission of 14 serious and especially serious crimes, including the murder of foreign citizens , has been established.