MOSCOW, October 11 (RIA Novosti) - The director of a Moscow branch of Russia's state-owned foreign trade bank Vneshtorgbank was shot dead late Tuesday in the Russian capital, in alleged contract killing, local law enforcers said Wednesday.
Alexander Plokhin, 58, was shot in the head on the staircase of an apartment building. Police, who found a pistol cartridge at the scene, said the attack bears the hallmarks of a contract killing.
Plokhin is the second Russian banker to be killed in a month. Andrei Kozlov, 41, who led the Central Bank's efforts to close down dozens of banks for violations of banking legislation, particularly on money laundering, died on September 14 after gunmen opened fire on him with semi-automatic weapons the previous evening.
