Criminal investigation detectives fought to apprehend the killer who shot a man in the west of Moscow. He's injured. What was the reason for the reprisal against Konstantin Balishansky?
How they dealt with the businessman
Today at ten in the morning, a 34-year-old man was shot with a machine gun near his own house in the Fili-Davydkovo area. Konstantin Balishansky.
Residents of a nearby house and surveillance cameras captured the eerie footage. The killer – all in black, a cap and a medical mask – follows the victim, slightly accelerating his pace. Already wounded, Konstantin tries to escape. The killer shoots from afar, hits more accurately, then slowly approaches and finishes off the man lying down with two bullets point-blank, right in the head.
The attacker did not touch numerous eyewitnesses – passers-by were walking nearby, a few meters away, and workers were working at a construction site a little further away. Ignoring them, the killer quickly headed through residential areas towards the forest belt. I got to the Matveevsky forest, where I got lost. Perhaps there was a car waiting for him there.
In Moscow, the “Interception” plan was put into effect; the forest and all nearby yards were combed by criminal investigation detectives.
How the killer was caught
The killer managed to hide for two and a half hours, and they overtook him in the valley of the Setuni River near the Aminevskoye Highway. He was hiding in the bushes and, when discovered, opened fire on the police, firing 15 bullets. At the moment, it is unknown whether there are any casualties among the security forces. The killer himself was wounded in the head during the shootout. On his person they found an AKS-74U (“Ksyukha”) assault rifle, a machete, binoculars, several magazines with 5.45 mm ammunition, a map, a camouflage uniform and a field first aid kit. According to the SHOT telegram channel, the killer was a 35-year-old Andrey Deminwho lived next to Balishansky.
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Two criminal cases have been filed against Demin: under articles “Murder” and “Illegal possession of weapons.” He faces more than 15 years in prison.
Versions of murder
The reasons for the murder are still unknown. They may be related to Balishansky’s work, his personal life, hobbies, debts and conflicts with other people. All these versions will be carefully worked out. In addition, investigators will identify everyone who was involved in this contract killing. According to one version, Demin could work for drug dealers.
According to sources on the SHOT telegram channel, the murder of Konstantin Balishansky had been planned for about five months. Back in early February, unknown people began to actively search through his personal data, look for leaks about him in leaked databases and the shadow segment of the Internet, and order a dossier on him. All his daily routes were studied, all the places where he visited were recorded.
It was planned to kill Konstantin near his entrance, but with the first shots the “killer in black” only wounded the victim.
Who is Konstantin Balishansky and who is his father
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Neighbors say only good things about the deceased: he was calm, non-conflicting, and was never seen in noisy or drunken groups.
Balishansky was well known in the capital’s skater scene under the nickname Kostya Switch. He was among the best in the NikeSB-Russia (*aggressor country) skate team and became famous for his good skating technique in a mirror stance.
Recently, Konstantin worked as a system administrator in the company of his father, Andrei Balishansky. We are talking about the Mediasystem Group company, which specializes in direct supplies of media facades, LED and LCD screens from China. Among its clients are the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) and the Russian Corporation for Rocket and Space Instrumentation of Information Systems. As a technical contractor, Mediasystem Group also participated in the Sochi Olympic Games, the Kazan Universiade, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and other important events for our country.
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However, the income of Mediasystem Group, according to the SPARK database, is relatively modest: 58 million rubles in revenue at the end of last year. There are only fifteen public procurements totaling 26 million rubles.
The father of the deceased, Andrei Balishansky, is both the owner and director of the company. In a conversation with SHOT, he said that he has no idea who could have killed his son and why.