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Candidate for mayor of Anapa attacked

An unidentified assailant has opened fire at Nikolai Nesterenko, Chieftain of the Anapa Cossack Forces and a candidate for Mayor of the city, this morning, RIA Novosti reports.

Nesterenko’s driver Victor Zhuk arrived to pick up the chieftain. A man opened fire at them using 7.62mm bullets. Nesterenko was wounded twice.

A criminal case was initiated by the police of the Krasnodar Territory.

Adapted from Vestnik Kavkaza