Appears to be a rather low tier lawyer working out of a building in the north suburbs of chicago. Chicago has a very large Russian Population.
Not a Shill. Russians are very vain. If you're a high roller lawyer, you are going to work downtown, and a high roller attorney in a solo practice is going to have 2 or 3 areas of practice. This guy lists almost everything except disability. Maybe its just a front, but he does not have any trapping of international intrigue in his public profile.
The destination, Orsk, is not an international airport. There were only 3 departing flights today and two of them were returning to Moscow.
His story makes no sense. He was traveling there for his birthday and to buy a car. He lives in Sochi and was buying a car in Orsk? Orsk is 33 hours(2500km) away. Was he going to drive it home? wtf
Something to consider…
This attack took place within Russian Border and killed 70 Russians. If it happened without Putin's consent, he is going to be enraged. Love him or hate him, Putin is a prideful man. Killing whomever the target was is going to enrage Mother Russia and bring to bare the all of the resources of the 2nd or 3rd most powerful military and intelligence agency in the world.
The target would have to be CRITICAL to risk waking up the bear.