Russian MP assassinated

LIBERAL Russian MP Sergei Yushenkov, a leading critic of President Vladimir Putin, was murdered in Moscow yesterday

Russian MP assassinated

He was shot in the chest several times near his apartment. Moscow police spokesman Valery Gribakin said he later died of his wounds.

A tearful woman who identified herself as Yushenkov’s wife answered his mobile phone and said he had been killed.

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