{"id":198309,"date":"2025-10-21T14:34:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=198309"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:56:04","slug":"armenian-national-arrested-in-connection-with-russian-directors-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/198309\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenian national arrested in connection with Russian director\u2019s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened<\/a> a criminal case over a severe bodily injury that led to the death of a man in eastern Moscow. The victim’s name was not initially released, but media reports identify him as director and cinematographer Sergey Politik.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, the incident occurred on the evening of Oct. 18 near a house on Stalevarov Street. The cause was reportedly a “domestic dispute.” The suspected killer is a foreign national born in 1992. He stabbed the man and fled the scene. The victim suffered stab wounds to the chest and later died in hospital.<\/p>\n

The case has been opened under Article 111, Part 4 of the Russian Criminal Code.<\/p>\n

Citing law enforcement sources, TASS reported that the deceased was 56-year-old director and cinematographer Sergey Politik. The Baza Telegram channel reported that Politik had admonished an unknown individual for behaving strangely, after which the person attacked him with a knife. REN TV and the Mash Telegram channel provided similar accounts.<\/p>\n

The suspect is a 33-year-old Armenian citizen. Sergey Politik worked on the TV series “Closed School”, as well as on movies including “Nannies”, “Fourth District”, and others.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"