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Nina Varlamova (February 11, 1954[1] - December 17, 2008) was a Russian politician who served as the Mayor of the northern town of Kandalaksha in Murmansk Oblast.[2] Varlamova was elected Mayor of Kandalaksha in 2007.[2]
Varlamova was murdered by a mentally unstable man on December 17, 2008. She was 54 years old.[2] The man had reportedly threatened Varlamova several times leading up to her murder, though she had never taken his threats seriously.[2] She was found lying in the street around 9 PM with knife wounds to her neck. She had managed to drag herself 15 meters from the scene of the attack before collapsing.[2]
The mentally unstable suspect was identified as Dmitry Kireyev, who was 51 years old at the time.[2] Kireyev, a former municipal council member and the former editor of a local newspaper, had been unemployed in recent years.[2] Kandalaksha Police Chief Anatoly Prokopenko called Varlamova's attack a "spontaneous murder."[2]
Varlamova was the third Russian mayor to be murdered in a span of less than 30 days.[2] Magomed Barakhoyev, the mayor of a district within Nazran, Ingushetia, was shot and killed on November 17, 2008, while Vladikavkaz Mayor Vitaly Karayev was also killed in a shooting on November 26, 2008.[2]
References
- ^ "Varlamova, Nina Konstantinovna". Yandex. http://news.yandex.ru/people/varlamova_nina.html. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Malpas, Anna (2008-12-18). "Mayor Stabbed To Death". Moscow Times. http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1010/42/373273.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
Categories:- 2008 deaths
- Russian politicians
- Mayors of places in Russia
- Assassinated Russian politicians
- Russian murder victims
- 1954 births
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