Moscow’s Basman Court announced the charges against the Uzbek national Akhmad Qurbonov, suspected of murdering the chief of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian Armed Forces, General Igor Kirillov, the TASS reported.
Russian General Igor Kirillov and his aide Ilya Polikarpov died on the morning of December 17 as a result of the detonation of an explosive device planted in a scooter that was parked at the entrance to an apartment building on Ryazan Prospekt in Moscow.
Akhmad Qurbonov is now facing the Murder charge, Terrorist act charge, and the Illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition charge under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
On December 18, the Investigative Committee of Russia, in cooperation with the Federal Security Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, detained a 29-year-old national of Uzbekistan on suspicion of committing the “terrorist attack”. During interrogation, he said that he had been hired by Ukrainian special services, for which he was promised $ 100,000 and an EU passport.
