KAZAN , August 31 The head of Bashkiria, Radiy Khabirov, is organizing the funeral of a serviceman who committed suicide in a pre-trial detention center, the press service of the head of the republic reported.
The day before, a source in the emergency services of Bashkiria reported that a serviceman who arbitrarily left the unit and threatened to detonate a grenade in Ufa, but surrendered to law enforcement officers after talking with the head of Bashkiria, was found dead in a pre-trial detention center. Chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) of Bashkiria, Oleg Galin, reported that the arrested Ildar Bulatov, who committed suicide on Wednesday in a pre-trial detention center, was in cell alone, when visited by members of the POC on August 11, he did not express any complaints. Bulatov was threatened with a long term for unauthorized abandonment of the unit, the threat of a terrorist attack, possession of weapons.
“Rady Khabirov expressed his condolences to the family and friends of the serviceman Ildar B. and noted that he was in charge of organizing his funeral,” his press service reports.
«I'm sorry. I sincerely tried to save his life. For me, he was a soldier, albeit a lost soldier. But everyone has their own choice. At the same time, I emphasize: under no circumstances should anyone be threatened with a weapon and demand something through violence,» the words of the head of Bashkiria are quoted in the message.
A source in the emergency services of Bashkiria reported earlier that on August 2, a serviceman born in 1984, who, after desertion, was taken for examination to a psychiatrist, threatened to detonate grenades on the Nagaevsky highway in Ufa. The road was closed, negotiations were conducted with the man. Khabirov arrived at the scene of the incident, after a conversation with whom the deserter surrendered to law enforcement officers. Ufa garrison military court arrested the deserter for two months.