Anonymous ID: 69bd0b Sept. 20, 2024, 11:56 a.m. No.21629799   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0042 >>0208 >>0263

Husband of Russia's richest woman is charged with murder after bloodbath shootout at her company's HQ when he 'stormed the building to stop merger approved by Putin'

The estranged husband of Russia's richest woman has been arrested and charged with murder after two people were killed in a shootout at his wife's company headquarters in central Moscow.

Vladislav Bakalchuk and a group of men turned up at the offices of e-commerce giant Wildberries - Russia's largest online retailer - on Wednesday for what he said were peaceful negotiations that turned violent.

Tatyana Bakalchuk, his estranged wife and the company's billionaire CEO, said he broke into the building with armed men and opened fire, in what she called a botched attempt to seize the company by force.

Two security guards were killed in the bloodbath shootout, while seven others were injured as security staff faced off with the men in a dramatic showdown.

Vladislav has now been 'detained for 48 hours' and charged with 'murder', 'attempted murder', 'assault of a law enforcement officer' and 'vigilantism', his lawyers said in a message on his Telegram account.

The incident came weeks after Wildberries finalised a controversial merger deal that Russian President Vladimir Putin had personally approved but that Vladislav denounced as a 'huge mistake'.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13872905/russia-richest-woman-husband-charged-murder-shootout-stop-putin-merger.html