The Russian Investigative Committee has started an investigation into the killing of a mobilization department official in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. According to investigators, the body of Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, was found with gunshot wounds near Beregovaya Street on Monday morning. News reports said previously, citing Russian federal lawmaker Yevgeny Pervyshov, who used to be Krasnodar mayor, that the official was fatally shot in the back.

Early in the morning on 10 July last year, the offender, using methods of concealment, lay in wait for the victim in a woodland zone in the Park of Culture and Recreation named after the 30th Anniversary of Victory in Krasnodar, where the officer went for runs in the mornings. Choosing a moment when there was no one around, the accused fired at Rzhitsky at least eight times, killing him, after which he left the city.

Baza suggested that Rzhitsky could have been tracked using the Strava application, where he uploaded the routes of his runs. "There is a version that he could have been tracked because he ran along the same route, and he uploaded the data in open access in a running tracker," said an agency source. From the application it follows that Rzhitsky began to run regularly in Krasnodar from October, writes "Agency". Before that he ran and cycled mainly in Sevastopol and also uploaded his routes in Novorossiysk to the service.

According to "112", Rzhitsky was killed near the Olymp sports complex during a morning run. According to Baza, the person who prepared the murder had been following Rzhitsky for a long time, knew the routes of his movements and specifically found a place for the murder where there are no surveillance cameras. The Telegram channel also noted that the route along which the deceased ran could be tracked on his social networks: Rzhitsky posted there screenshots from the Strava fitness tracker.

The former naval officer was shot dead during a run on the morning of 10 July. The Investigative Committee’s directorate for the Krasnodar Territory opened a case under part 1 of article 105 of the Criminal Code (murder) on 10 July after the body of a man with four gunshot wounds was found in Krasnodar’s Zaton park. Law enforcement officers who examined the scene suggested that the victim had been killed during a morning run. It was soon established that the deceased was Stanislav Rzhitsky.

Rzhitsky was shot near the Olimp sports complex during a morning run on July 10.[14] Baza wrote that the person who prepared the murder of Rzhitsky had been following him for a long time and knew his routes of movement. The route along which the deceased ran, according to the channel, could be tracked on social networks: Rzhitsky posted there screenshots from the Strava fitness tracker.[14] A source of RIA Novosti in law enforcement agencies also reported that the captain could have been tracked using data from a running application.[14]

An assailant fatally shot an official that worked as a deputy head of the mobilization department at the administration of the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, a representative of law enforcement agencies told TASS on Monday. "Stanislav Rzhitsky, a deputy head of the municipal mobilization department has been killed in Krasnodar. Tentatively, the man suffered several gunshots from an assailant, who then made a getaway."

According to media reports, 42‑year‑old Rzhitsky was shot in the morning of 10 July during a run near the Olymp sports complex. An unknown person fired four shots "in the back and chest" of the officer, then fled. Rzhitsky died at the scene.

Not claiming responsibility and without citing a source of information, the GUR stated that on 10 July the submariner was jogging in Krasnodar’s Park of Culture and Leisure named after the 30th Anniversary of Victory. "At about six in the morning, seven shots were fired at him from a Makarov pistol. As a result of gunshot wounds, Rzhitsky died on the spot," the post said. Baza claims that the killer could have tracked Rzhitsky’s route via the Strava application. According to the outlet, the serviceman posted his runs online (and almost always ran along the same route).

The Krasnodar regional court in Russia's southwest has sentenced Serhiy Denysenko, a Ukrainian-Russian dual citizen, to 25 years in prison for killing the former commander of a Russian submarine implicated in the shelling of Ukrainian territories in 2022. Denysenko was arrested on July 11, 2023, a day after Rzhitsky, 42, was killed in the city of Krasnodar while jogging. The assailant fired several shots from a pistol with a silencer and struck Rzhitsky four times, Russian authorities said.

A former Russian submarine captain who worked as a mobilisation officer has been shot dead while jogging in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. Several Russian media outlets speculated that Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, may have been tracked via his profile on the Strava fitness app. Baza, a Russian Telegram channel with close ties to the police, reported that the killer could have tracked Capt Rzhitsky's runs on Strava as he regularly followed the same route while running. A BBC Verify analysis of Capt Rzhitsky's profile – which is public – shows that he frequently ran through the area where he is reported to have been killed. Facial analysis carried out by the BBC confirmed the profile belonged to Capt Rzhitsky.

A senior Russian draft officer and former submarine commander who Kyiv accuses of being behind missile attacks on Ukraine has been shot and killed in southern Russia, authorities said late Monday. Captain Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, served as deputy head of the Krasnodar city administration’s mobilization department when he was reported as having been gunned down during a morning run. Law enforcement authorities have launched a murder investigation after Rzhitsky’s body was discovered on a city street with gunshot wounds.

The court said Denisenko admitted that he shot Rzhitsky four times at a Krasnodar park called 30 Years of Victory while Rzhitsky was on his morning run on July 10. On July 11, the Investigative Committee reported that a suspect in the case had been detained. Rzhitsky previously commanded the Alrosa and Krasnodar submarines.

On 10 July in Krasnodar, the deputy head of the department for mobilization work of the city administration, 42‑year‑old Stanislav Rzhitsky, was shot dead. According to the Telegram channel SHOT, at about 8 a.m. the official went for a run along the health trail. Near the Olymp sports complex an unknown person fired four shots at him and then fled. It is specified that Rzhitsky died from the wounds at the scene. SHOT claims that the murder of Rzhitsky was carefully planned — the killer had followed his routes for a long time.

Today early in the morning, on a section of terrain located near Beregovaya Street in the city of Krasnodar, the body of a 42‑year‑old man with gunshot wounds was discovered. He turned out to be the deputy head of the department for mobilization work of the administration of the municipal entity city of Krasnodar.[7] The athlete, engaged in mountain biking, went for runs around Krasnodar every morning; he posted the route and distance in the special mobile application Strava (which helped the killer choose a convenient point for the reprisal).[7]

A high-ranking Russian draft officer and ex-submarine commander, accused by Ukraine of orchestrating lethal assaults on its territory, was fatally shot while jogging in Krasnodar, a city in southern Russia. Stanislav Rzhitsky, aged 42, was gunned down on Monday by an unknown assailant during his morning run in a park adjacent to the Olimp sports complex, as reported by local law enforcement. Baza further indicated that the assailant might have monitored Rzhitsky's jogging routes through the Strava app, as he consistently followed a particular 4-mile path.

42‑year‑old deputy head of the city department for mobilization work, Captain Second Rank Stanislav Rzhitsky, was shot in Krasnodar during a morning run on 10 July 2023. According to law enforcement agencies, the murder took place in one of the city parks in the morning, when Mr. Rzhitsky was running along his usual route.

Investigators told Leonid Rzhitsky that Stanislav’s body was found around seven in the morning. He says his son ran through the park along one and the same route – and so the murder could be planned.[11] On Stanislav’s wrist were smart watches with the Strava running application. It records pace, distance, time of the run, route on the map – and posts the result on the user’s page.[11] From the routes recorded in Strava it follows that Stanislav Rzhitsky could not have been on the submarine "Krasnodar" on the day of the strike on Vinnytsia.[11]

The Pervomaisky District Court in Krasnodar, in Russia’s southern Krasnodar Region, in a Thursday session on pre-trial restrictions, ordered the arrest until September 10 of Sergey Denisenko, a suspect in the murder of Stanislav Rzhitsky, deputy head of the Krasnodar municipal military mobilization department, TASS reports from the courtroom. According to Krasnodar Region investigators, the body of Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, was found with gunshot wounds near Beregovaya Street on Monday morning. On Tuesday, the Russian Investigative Committee reported that police and FSB officers had detained Sergey Denisenko, born in 1959. A pistol with a silencer was found on him, which, tentatively, had been used in the assassination. The suspect pleaded guilty.

A Russian military official who commanded a submarine in the Black Sea and appeared on a Ukrainian blacklist of alleged war criminals has been shot dead by an unknown assassin while on his morning run. Russia's top investigative body said Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, was gunned down early on Monday in the southern city of Krasnodar. Baza, a Russian Telegram channel with links to the security services, said the killer could have tracked Rzhitsky's movements in Krasnodar on the Strava app where he posted details of his regular jogging route and how long he took to complete it.

Russia’s Investigative Committee says a suspect in the killing of Stanislav Rzhitsky, deputy chief of the department for mobilization in Krasnodar, has been detained. Rzhitsky, 42, was killed on July 10 in Krasnodar while jogging. The assailant fired several shots from a pistol and struck Rzhitsky four times. He died at the scene. The committee identified the detainee as Sergei Denisenko and said a pistol with a silencer believed to have fired the fatal shot was found with him.

In late June, the Investigative Committee of Russia announced the completion of the investigation into the murder of former commander of the submarine "Krasnodar" Stanislav Rzhitsky. He was shot last summer – a native of Sumy region Sergei Denisenko and the Ukrainian special services were accused of the murder.[3] Captain second rank, former commander of the submarine Stanislav Rzhitsky was shot in Krasnodar on June 10 last year during a morning run.[3] In December 2023 the Krasnodar region prosecutor’s office officially declared the involvement of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in the murder.[3]

On Monday, Russian state-run media TASS confirmed the death of Stanislav Rzhitsky. Rzhitsky — a 42-year-old former commander of a Black Sea Fleet submarine — was shot dead in the back while out on a run in Krasnodar, according to initial investigations and a report from a Russian federal lawmaker. Rzhitsky apparently had a profile under his full name on Strava, an app for runners and cyclists to share their routes, distances, and paces. The account was very active on Strava, with the most recent run posted on July 4 showing a path into the same area as the shooting on Monday morning.

In Krasnodar on July 10, deputy head of the city department for mobilization work, captain second rank Stanislav Rzhitsky, was killed; he was shot in the back in the Zaton park during a run, the killer fired eight bullets and escaped.[5] Kommersant reports that the murder occurred in the morning in Krasnodar’s Zaton park while Rzhitsky was jogging.[5]

Each morning the budding official went for runs in Krasnodar; he posted the route and distance he covered in a special mobile application. The cause of death of the captain second rank was four bullet wounds. The killer apparently tracked the former submariner’s running routes using the mobile application and planned the killing in a "blind zone" not covered by street video cameras.

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has verified Stanisl Rzhkiy, the ex-commander of the Krasnodar submarine from the Russian Black Sea Fleet, who played a role in missile strikes on Ukraine, has been killed in Krasnodar, Russia. According to the DIU's press service, "On July 10, the submariner was out for a jog in the 30th Anniversary of Victory Park in Krasnodar when he was shot seven times with a Makarov pistol at approximately 06:00." Rzhitsky succumbed to his injuries on the scene. "The park was empty due to heavy rainfall, leaving no witnesses to offer information or identify the assailant."

On 10 July Deniseko lay in wait for Rzhitsky in the park where he used to run in the mornings. The killer fired at his victim at least eight times and fled. According to local residents, that morning there were fewer joggers than usual because of rain, so there were no eyewitnesses to the murder. The victim died at the scene.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced 66‑year‑old Sergei Denisenko to 25 years in prison in the case of the murder of deputy head of the department for mobilization work in Krasnodar, Stanislav Rzhitsky.[6] He was found guilty of murder, treason and illegal acquisition and storage of weapons.[6] On July 10, 2023, according to the prosecution, Denisenko lay in wait for Rzhitsky in a park and shot him eight times, then fled.[6]

Stanislav Rzhytsky, deputy head of the department for mobilisation, was shot dead in the city of Krasnodar, Russia. Anonymous pro-Russian Telegram channels have reported that 42-year-old Stanislav Rzhytsky went for a run at eight o'clock in the morning. He was ambushed near the Olimp sports complex by an unknown person who shot Rzhytsky four times in the back and chest and then fled the scene. The victim died on the spot from his injuries.

On Monday morning (10), he was murdered in the city of Krasnodar, in Russia, when he was running — he took four shots in the chest and died on the spot. The killers may have received information from the commander himself. Rzhitsky used the sports application Strava, which publishes detailed information about the location of the user who is running and how long he takes to complete a circuit. A Russian information channel on Telegram, Baza, states that Rzhitsky regularly published his runs on Strava, with details of the route he followed (almost always the same), the distance, the running pace, and the total exercise time. On Tuesday, the word “liquidated” appeared in red letters on Rzhitsky’s profile.

Killer ambushed Stanislav Rzhitsky while he was doing a morning run in Krasnodar’s park named after the 30th Anniversary of Victory. According to one of the versions put forward by military observer, retired colonel Viktor Litovkin, the ex‑commander could have been located via the Strava mobile app for athletes, since Rzhitsky repeatedly published his running route there.

According to translations from Kyiv Post, Ukrainian intelligence knew Rzhitsky had "jogged in the Krasnodar Park of Culture and Recreation," and that "Around six in the morning, seven shots were fired at him from a Makarov pistol. As a result of gunshot wounds, Rzytsky died on the spot." They even knew the weather at the time of the attack: "Due to heavy rain, the park was deserted, so there are no witnesses who could provide details or identify the attacker." While the details are certainly eye-catching, some may have been public knowledge. Rzhitsky apparently had a profile under his full name on Strava.