In Ivanovo, a 35-year-old local resident was finally charged with attempted murder of the head of the regional OFAS Alexander Borovkov, committed on January 16, 2012, the press service of the ICR Investigative Directorate for the region reported on Friday.
According to investigators, the accused, at the request of a stranger for a financial reward, planned to commit a murder, for which he found accomplices, bought a homemade rifled firearm and ammunition for it, and agreed to buy a car, which he intended to use in the commission of the crime.
“To carry out his criminal intent, he, in a VAZ car, together with an unidentified accomplice, drove up to the FAS building on Zharova Street, waited for the victim and shot him several times in the chest. A. Borovkov was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery,” the report says.
The defendant in the case has been charged with attempted murder for hire, as well as illegal acquisition and storage of firearms and ammunition.
The criminal investigation is at its final stage. Soon the accused and his defense attorney will be presented with the materials of the criminal case for review.
The materials of the criminal case against the organizers and other accomplices of the crime were separated into separate proceedings by the investigation.