Found a man

In Kyiv, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine detained a citizen of Russia, who was looking for Interpol for involvement in the murder of the chief editor of the Russian version of Forbes Paul Khlebnikov. This was reported by the press service of the SBU.

"In Kyiv, law enforcement officers detained a native of Chechnya, put on the international wanted list for the commission of particularly serious crimes. According to Interpol, the foreigner participated in the commission of a number of ordered murders, in particular, the chief editor of the Russian edition of the USA Paul Khlebnikov and the deputy chairman of the government of the Chechen Republic in 2001-2003. According to operational information. The special services, after the flight from Russia, became part of an organized criminal group, which in Ukraine was engaged in extorting money from private entrepreneurs, ”the report said.

In addition, in the Poltava region, another citizen of Russia was detained on the international wanted list. In 2013, he escaped the courtroom in Norway. "Previously convicted of committing serious and especially serious crimes as part of an organized group in the EU countries, a native of the city of Terrible for a long time was hidden from the investigation," the report said. “After the commission of the next crimes related to the kidnapping of cars of prestigious brands, a citizen of the Russian Federation was submitted to the international wanted list by the French Republic.”

The issue of choosing a restraint and conduct of an audit for the subsequent extency is being decided by the detained. The names of the detainees are not disclosed.

Paul Khlebnikov was shot dead in Moscow on July 9, 2004, when in the evening he walked from the editorial office towards the metro. The deadly wounded 41-year-old journalist died in the hospital. Before his death, he managed to say that he was shooting a man whom he had not seen before, and that he did not imagine, because of which they could encroach on him.

In the murder of Khlebnikov, the Prosecutor General’s Office accused Musa Vakhaev and Kazbek Dukuzov. In the case, the Moscow notary Fail Sadretdinov also took place in the case. However, in May 2006, the Moscow City Court on the basis of the jury verdict pronounced an acquittal to them. The Prosecutor General’s Office and the family of the murdered immediately appealed him, believing that the trial was carried out with violations. In November of the same year, the Supreme Court abolished the verdict and sent the case for a new consideration.

Dukuzov disappeared and was put on the wanted list. In December 2009, the charges were removed from Valeev and he was released from custody. Sadretdinov was convicted of another crime.

The United States has repeatedly called on Russia to find Khlebnikov killers, accelerating the process of investigation and punishment of the perpetrators. On July 10, 2008, Washington disseminated a statement stating that "the US government is disappointed with puffs that the killers of Paul Khlebnikov appear before justice."

In November 2015, Rosbalt, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, reported that Dukuzov, put on the wanted list for the murder of Mr. Khlebnikov, returned to Russia . According to the source, he arrived in Chechnya on a private plane. He used documents for the surname Balaev, but DNA samples and fingerprints helped to establish his identity. According to the agency, Dukuzova was arrested in 2011 in the UAE for organizing a robbery attack on two businessmen. Under someone else's surname, he was sentenced to ten years in prison, but in the summer of 2015 he was released as part of an amnesty.