Krasnodar resident who shot dead businessman was sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony

Andranik Grigoryan, a resident of Krasnodar, who shot dead a businessman in the city center in 2024, was sentenced to 16 years and 6 months in a high-security penal colony. This was reported on June 30 in the Joint Press Service of the courts of the Krasnodar Territory.

It is reported that on March 1, 2024, Grigoryan shot a man with his own hunting rifle in the center of Krasnodar. The motive for the crime was the money that the attacker owed the victim. In addition, bystanders could have been injured in the incident.

"The court sentenced Grigoryan to imprisonment for a period of 16 years and 6 months, with restriction of liberty for a period of 2 years. The convicted person should serve his sentence in a high—security penal colony," the statement said on the Telegram channel of the press service.

In addition, the court recovered 3 million rubles from Grigoryan in favor of the victims. The verdict has not yet entered into force.

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The murder of a man in Krasnodar was reported on March 1, 2024. The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case on this fact. According to the investigation, a 54-year-old unknown man on Budyonny Street in the city center fired two shots from a gun into the chest of a 58-year-old man, as a result of which he died on the spot. The suspect was detained and arrested.

The source of Izvestia said that the reason for the murder could be debt: the killer owed the deceased 7 million rubles, taking the money as collateral for the house. He shot the victim in order not to return the money and not to lose the house. According to information from local social networks, the victim is a businessman from Africa, he used to have a nightclub, and then he started working in the agricultural sector.