Overview

• Alexander Suponitsky, 73, was shot in the entrance of his building on Kremenchugskaya Street as he accompanied his daughter to school, with a child witnessing the attack.
• Authorities opened a murder case under Article 105(2)(d) of the Russian Criminal Code, which covers killings committed with particular cruelty, with prosecutorial oversight reported.
• Law-enforcement sources identified the suspected shooter as 49-year-old Konstantin Kozyrev, described as a former Petrotrest financier, though formal public confirmation remains preliminary.
• Investigators say the suspect rented a room in the same building and monitored Suponitsky’s routine before reportedly killing himself in his apartment one floor below.
• Officials call a money-related conflict the priority motive, while sources say the men had a 15-year acquaintance involving debt obligations and the victim’s wife raised a still-unverified work-related angle.