Bastrykin Demands Report on Moscow Construction-Site Killing Probe

Overview

• The Investigative Committee said Chairman Alexander Bastrykin ordered Moscow GSU head D. V. Belyaev to submit a report on the probe’s progress and established facts.
• The agency noted that execution of the order is being monitored by its central office.
• According to the committee’s initial briefing, the dispute on a Moscow building site centered on payouts among visiting workers and involved bladed weapons.
• One person died in the incident, the committee reported.
• A criminal case for murder has been opened in connection with the killing.