Chief jailer of Khabarovsk Krai shot himself in his office when detectives arrived

Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service for Khabarovsk Krai, Vladimir Konetskikh, has been found dead in Khabarovsk. The colonel shot himself in his office, reports ‘Interfax’. Investigators from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Krai are working at the scene. Officially, the reasons for the suicide have not yet been reported, but information has already leaked to the media that Konetskikh took his own life upon the appearance of investigators.

‘On Tuesday, 2 August, at 11:46 local time, the head of the regional UFSIN of Russia, Vladimir Konetskikh, committed suicide in his office. He shot himself in the head with his service pistol. A pre-investigation check is being conducted on this fact by the investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Krai,’ the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported.

The colonel shot himself when the detectives arrived

According to preliminary data, the head of the agency committed suicide right during a search being conducted in his office by employees of the Investigative Committee, reports ‘Khabarovsk Online’.


‘The official committed suicide while investigative staff arrived at the regional department to seize documents,’ confirmed a knowledgeable source for RIA ‘Novosti’. ‘The investigators did not have time to break down the locked door and prevent the suicide. The ambulance doctors who arrived pronounced him dead. A pistol was lying next to the body,’ said the source.


Earlier, the investigation had opened a criminal case against Konetskikh for abuse of office. The maximum penalty for the corresponding article is ten years of imprisonment.


Several months ago, a scandal erupted in the regional UFSIN, reminds the ‘Khabarovsk Express’. As the news portal’s source reported, ‘the threads of this multi-million [ruble] fraud could have led to the top’.

At that time, the former head of a settlement colony in Zaozerny was accused of large-scale fraud. According to a contract with an entrepreneur, convicts in the UFSIN of Khabarovsk Krai were supposed to grow vegetables and supply them to other departmental institutions.

But in the course of the investigation, it turned out that no one was growing anything, and vegetables were being purchased at wholesale markets. Meanwhile, 5 million rubles had been allocated for agricultural work. As part of a single criminal case, an inspection was carried out at the UFSIN, documents were seized in the office of the head of the UFSIN of the Krai, Vladimir Konetskikh, and searches were conducted in his office as well as at his home.