Former Russian submarine commander Stanislav Rzhizki was shot dead while jogging in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. Because of the attack on the man, a murder investigation has been launched, local investigative authorities announced today.
According to Duma deputy and former mayor of Krasnodar Yevgeny Pervyshev, Rzhitsky was shot in the back. Russian media speculated that the perpetrators knew the police officer’s running route through a running app. Rschizki regularly published his runs on the Internet and did not change his running route.
Rzhizkiy last worked in the administration of the city of Krasnodar, where he was responsible for mobilizing recruits. Rzhitsky was wanted in Ukraine as a war criminal. The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence service, Kyrylo Budanov, denied that his organization was involved in the attack.