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Man suspected of killing mobilization official in southern Russia found to be carrying gun

Stanislav Rzhutsky served as deputy head of the department for mobilization work of the administration of Krasnodar

MOSCOW, July 11. /TASS/. A pistol with a silencer has been found on a man that was detained on suspicion of being involved in the killing of a mobilization department official in Krasnodar, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement.

"Sergey Denisenko, born in 1959, has been detained as a suspect in the murder of Stanislav Rzhutsky, the deputy head of the mobilization department at the Krasnodar City administration. During the detention, he was found to be carrying a pistol with a silencer, which, tentatively, had been used in the assassination," the statement said.

A law enforcement source earlier told TASS that the official had a military rank of Navy commander, served in the Black Sea Fleet and used to be in charge of the B-265 diesel submarine "Krasnodar.".