As the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Pskov region reported, on Saturday, April 13, while performing service and combat missions in the Chechen Republic, near the city of Shali, the deputy commander of the combined police detachment of the Pskov region, police captain Andrei Kondratiev (b. 1964), died. The UAZ car, which Andrey Kondratyev was driving with two riot police (police captain S. Zhdan and police ensign Yu. Kuznetsov) was blown up by a landmine.