Russian ex-submarine commander on Ukraine blacklist gunned down on morning run
- Stanislav Rzhitsky shot dead while jogging in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar
- It was speculated that the perpetrators knew his running route from a jogging app
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.
Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency published details of the killing on its website, without claiming responsibility or saying how it obtained the information.