Four men reportedly arrested, following murder of former Russian military intelligence officer

Federal investigators in Russia have arrested another two suspects in a mass brawl outside Moscow that claimed the life of Military Intelligence Directorate veteran Nikita Belyankin. According to officials, one of the two men is responsible for inflicting the fatal blow.

On June 1, in the town of Putilkovo, 24-year-old Nikita Belyankin was killed. He previously served in Russia’s GRU and fought in Syria. According to eyewitnesses, he tried to stop roughly a dozen men from attacking a few strangers. During the confrontation, someone stabbed him in the heart.

Russia’s Investigative Committee says it will ask a court to jail all four suspects currently in custody, while officials build their case. According to an unverified report by the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets, the suspects include Armenian national Narek Stepanyan, Moscow economist Suren Markosyan, and an unemployed man named Sergey Khodzhaev.