21:00, 12 February 2011

Candidate for MP assassinated in Adygea

In Maikop, Hadzhimos Khatsechukov, candidate for the Parliament of Adygea from the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, registered at the one-candidate constituency in the Shovgenov District of the republic, was shot dead.

He died frm a machinegun round fired from a passing-by car.

The place of the incident is studied by operative services; the investigation is underway, according to the ITAR-TASS.

According to law enforcement authorities, Mr Khatsechukov was already attempted on several years ago. Then, the offender, who shot from a Makarov pistol, was arrested, convicted and has already served his term.

The elections to the State Council-Khasse of Adygea will take place on March 13, 2011. Today, the pre-election agitation in mass media has started.