United Russia lawmaker’s concrete-encased body found February 18, 2013 - 13:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The body of a central Russia regional lawmaker has been discovered stuffed into a barrel of cement near Moscow, investigators said on Monday, February 18, according to RIA Novosti. Mikhail Pakhomov, 36, a legislator in the Lipetsk city parliament with the ruling United Russia party, was reported missing early last week and a murder investigation was opened. “Pakhomov’s body was discovered in a barrel of cement near the village of Obukhovo in the Moscow Region district of Noginsk,” an Investigative Committee spokesperson told RIA Novosti. The barrel was in the basement of a private garage, the spokespeson added. Eleven people have been arrested in connection with his death, investigators also said. One of them is Yevgeny Kharitonov, 40, a former Moscow Region housing utilities official, who was detained earlier on Monday on suspicion of ordering Pakhomov’s murder. Kharitonov was arrested on board a flight from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport to the south Russia city of Krasnodar as the plane was preparing for take-off. A number of Pakhomov’s personal possessions were discovered in a vehicle pulled over by traffic police near Moscow last Thursday. Police searched the vehicle after the driver began “acting strangely.” The investigation is ongoing. Pakhomov had been a United Russia member since 2003. Partner news  Top stories U.S. officials say they want to advance efforts to start talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders. The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament.   Partner news |  Latest news Russian envoy presents credentials to Armenian President  President Sargsyan hailed the cooperation in the fields of politics and economy as well as partnership with CSTO and CIS.OSCE MG Co-Chairs to ‘explore ideas’ for Karabakh settlement The Co-Chairs will meet with Foreign Ministers to explore mutually-acceptable approaches to resolving the conflict.Fresno Armenians to commemorate veterans, Genocide victims The services also remember deceased members of the Armenian community in the area, as well as those who died in the Genocide.Van Rompuy: youth unemployment pressing issue for EU Social unrest is rumbling and research has warned of "lost generations" of unemployed people and their children. |
