MOSCOW, July 31 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow police are conducting a manhunt for the killer of a top manager at one of Russia's largest defense firms, Almaz-Antei, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti on Friday.
Andrei Barabenko was gunned down on Thursday evening as he approached his car in south Moscow. The killer fired several shots into Barabenko before escaping on foot.
"At the current moment, investigators are looking at two main motives in the murder of the company employee - professional and personal motives. However, this does not mean that other versions are not being examined," the source said.
Police said the gun used in the shooting has not been recovered, although ballistic experts believe a TT pistol was used by the killer.
Investigators are continuing to work at the murder scene, the source said.
This is not the first time that a top manager at Almaz-Antei has been murdered, in June 2003 the head of the company Igor Klimov was gunned down outside his home in Moscow.
Klimov's killers were sentenced to up to 25 years in prison in 2006. Yevgeny Mankov, the leader of a six-member gang behind Klimov's murder was sentenced to life in October of 2005, but a year later his sentence was reduced to 25 years.
Almaz-Antei is one of Russia's largest air defense manufacturers, specializing in producing small, medium and long-range air defense systems, in particular, the S-300 and S-400 Triumpf systems.
