
In Makhachkala, the head of the press service of the head of Dagestan Garun Kurbanov and his driver were killed. According to the Investigative Committee, Kurbanov was shot dead when he approached his service car. A criminal case has been opened under Part 2 of Art. 105, part 2 of article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder, illegal turnover of weapons). The maximum sanction for these articles is a lifelong conclusion.
The press secretary of the head of Dagestan was probably killed because of his official activities, according to the UK. But other possible reasons, in particular, are considered by Kurbanov’s speeches against Wahhabism and terrorism.
According to RIA Novosti, the head of the Republican Directorate of the IC Alexei Savrulin, the moment of the murder of Garun Kurbanov was recorded by video cameras. "Video cameras located at the stores closest to the scene. One of the cameras recorded the moment of shooting. The VAZ -2114 car drove up behind the Kurbanov car, two people came out of it, one of which ran to Kurbanov and shot him, then killed his driver," Savrulin said. According to him, the criminals were in camouflage clothes and baseball caps, but their faces are not visible on the recording.
Earlier, on July 17, the head of the village of Gedzhukh, Derbent district, Kaflan Kadyrov, was shot in Dagestan. He died in the hospital, without regaining consciousness. In addition, writes the "Caucasian Knot", on June 21 in Makhachkala near his house the investigator for particularly important cases of the Republican Directorate of the UK, senior lieutenant of Justice Haji Alibhev.