A Russian military officer who had commanded a submarine in the Black Sea and appeared on a Ukrainian blacklist of alleged war criminals has been shot dead by an unknown assassin while on his morning run.
Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, was gunned down early on Monday in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. His address, picture, and personal details had appeared on the Ukrainian website Myrotvorets (Peacemaker,) a vast unofficial database of people considered to be enemies of Ukraine.
On Tuesday the word “Liquidated,” in red letters, had been superimposed on his photograph on the site.
Russia’s state Investigative Committee said on Tuesday it had arrested a suspect in his early 60s who was found in possession of a pistol and silencer. It published a short video showing heavily armed security officers storming a house and detaining the man, who was wearing only boxer shorts….