Mayor of Dzerzhinskiy city near Moscow shot dead
{{date|April 2, 2006}}

[[Image:Victor_Dorkin_(Dzerzhinskiy_city_Mayor).jpg|frame|right|Victor Dorkin]]

The mayor of the city of [[:w:Dzerzhinskiy city|Dzerzhinskiy]] near [[:w:Moscow|Moscow]] was shot dead on Friday, March 31, as the [[:w:Interfax|Interfax]] news agency reports, quoting [[:w:Moscow oblast|Moscow region]] law-enforcement officials.

The body of [[:w:Victor Dorkin|Victor Dorkin]], the head of the Local Government Board of Dzerzhinskiy, was found at 03:05 ([[:w:GMT|GMT]]+3) in the city at 5 Tomilinskaya St. near the children's playground. Preliminary crime scene investigation reported that Dorkin suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and that 10 shells were found fired from a [[:w:Makarov|Makarov pistol]]. An investigation is in progress.

Dorkin was 52. He was educated as a chemical production engineer, and was a science candidate since 2004. He was first elected as mayor of Dzerzhinskiy in 1991.

== Sources ==

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|title=Mayor of town just outside Moscow found shot
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|date=March 31, 2006}}

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Victor Dorkin

The mayor of the city of Dzerzhinskiy near Moscow was shot dead on Friday, March 31, as the Interfax news agency reports, quoting Moscow region law-enforcement officials.

The body of Victor Dorkin, the head of the Local Government Board of Dzerzhinskiy, was found at 03:05 (GMT+3) in the city at 5 Tomilinskaya St. near the children's playground. Preliminary crime scene investigation reported that Dorkin suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and that 10 shells were found fired from a Makarov pistol. An investigation is in progress.

Dorkin was 52. He was educated as a chemical production engineer, and was a science candidate since 2004. He was first elected as mayor of Dzerzhinskiy in 1991.
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