A senior Russian military official responsible for supplying artillery and missile ammunition to the armed forces has been killed in a car bombing near Moscow, in an attack that closely mirrors the assassination of another high-ranking officer in the same area little more than a year ago.
Colonel Damir Davydov, head of the Russian military's artillery and missile ammunition supply directorate, died after an explosive device detonated beneath his BMW in Balashikha, east of Moscow, on Tuesday morning. Russian authorities confirmed an investigation is under way, while the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had been informed of the incident.
