A suspect in the murder of a Russian tourist has been detained in Abkhazia.

A suspect in the murder of a Russian tourist in Abkhazia has been detained. This was announced on September 27 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia.

"A resident of Gudauta suspected of murder has been detained. The operational search measures were carried out by the ESD staff together with the Mobile Department of Internal Affairs in the Gagra region," the agency said in a Telegram channel message.

The department reported that during the search activities, the circle of people with whom the missing person communicated was established. The operatives' suspicions were aroused by a resident of Gudauta, who met with Amina Bikbova on the evening of September 23, after which they left by taxi.

During the interrogation, the detainee confessed to the murder and indicated that on the basis of a quarrel he strangled the girl in a rented room. Trying to hide the traces of the crime, he borrowed a car from a friend and took the body to the area of the Bzyb gorge. The detainee threw the phone and personal belongings of the tourist into a dumpster.

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A tourist from Orenburg disappeared on vacation in Abkhazia, where she was with her friend in Gagra. The mother of the missing Russian woman told "Izvestia" on September 27 that she last spoke with her daughter on September 23. It was previously established that before disappearing, the tourist met a local resident. He said that on the day of her disappearance, Amina got into an unknown car and drove away. Law enforcement officers are searching for the tourist.