On Friday night a deputy of the local parliament, a famous surgeon, Hadith Bottayev, was shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria.
"The well-known doctor, the head of the Republican Clinical Hospital, Hadith Bottai, was shot dead at home tonight, " TASS cites a source in the Interior Ministry.
Bottai headed the Republican Clinical Hospital, and last fall he was elected to the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria.
The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into the murder of Hadith Bottayev.