The suspected assassin of a Russian army officer was the former head of Ukraine’s leading karate association, Russian media has reported
Sergei Denysenko, 64, was named by Russian authorities after his arrest on Monday in the town of Tuapse, more than 100 miles north of Krasnodar, where Stanislav Rzhitskywhile jogging on 10 July. His route was publicly available via the Strava fitness app, and it has been suggested that his location was tracked using the tool.
Police said a pistol with a silencer was found at the suspect’s apartment. A video of the arrest was released with the suspect’s face blurred. Russian authorities also published a video purportedly of the moments before Mr Rzhitsky’s death, which showed him being followed by a man on a bicycle with a hat pulled down over his face.
Mr Denysenko, originally from the Ukrainian city of Sumy, was identified by several media outlets as the former president of the Ukrainian Karate Foundation, a highly decorated black belt who had devoted his life to the sport. This footage purports to show the morning run of Stanislav Rzhitsky, the Russian ex-submarine officer, moments before he was killed by a gunman.
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