FSB detained the rector of Kazan University Gafurov in the case of the murder of a deputy
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Rector of Kazan Federal University (KFU) Ilshat Gafurov was detained during a special operation by employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia in the case of the murder of deputy and businessman Aydar Israfilov, which was committed on August 28, 1999. On Wednesday, December 22, a source in law enforcement agencies told Lente.ru about this.
On August 28, 1999 in Moscow, in a parking lot near the market located in the CSKA sports complex, a man in a white jacket jumped out of a parked VAZ-2106 and, in front of dozens of people, shot entrepreneur Aydar Israfilov point-blank with a pistol.
Source “Lenta.ru” in law enforcement agencies
Israfilov was a member of the Yelabuga United Council of People's Deputies.
The leader of one of the most brutal organized criminal groups of the 90s gave testimony against the rector
According to preliminary data, Ilshat Gafurov was detained because of the testimony of Adygan Salyakhov, the leader of the 29th complex organized crime group, one of the most violent groups of the 1990s.
Salyakhov was transported from prison to Kazan, where he was interrogated and testified against Gafurov.
Source “Lenta.ru” in law enforcement agencies
The organized crime group “29th complex” is one of the largest criminal communities operating on the territory of Tatarstan, Moscow and Ukraine in the 90s and early 2000s. The backbone of the group was made up of former volunteers from the construction brigades that built the city of Naberezhnye Chelny. On account of them over 20 murders, more than 30 members of the organized criminal group were convicted.
FSB conducted a special operation to arrest Gafurov
The rector of the KFU Gafurov was detained during a special operation of the FSB of Russia. “Gafurov is not at his workplace. KFU employees say that he is at home and is sick. His detention is connected with events from the time when Gafurov was the mayor of the city of Elabuga. He held this post until 2010 “, – said the source” Lenta.ru “.
At the same time, according to some information, Gafurov's investigative actions took place on December 20. Currently, the detained rector is being taken to Moscow from Kazan.
