MOSCOW (AP) — Russian investigators say the director of a charity that helps victims of political repression has been shot dead.
Investigators say 54-year-old Gennady Prudetsky was found dead in his car in the Siberian city of Kemerovo.
A statement issued Thursday by the federal Investigative Committee says investigators have not yet determined a motive for the Wednesday killing, but believe it could be related to the victim’s work at the local charity, which supports victims of political repression.
Russia has seen a wave attacks, many of them fatal, against human rights activists in recent years.
