04:44, 9 January 2016

Bottaev's relatives announce reward for information about his attackers

A monetary reward for information about the perpetrators of the murder of Khadis Bottaev, Chief Physician of the Republic's Clinical Hospital, was announced by relatives of the casualty, says the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on December 5, 2015, in the village of Khasanya, located in a suburb of Nalchik, Khadis Bottaev was shelled and died from a gunshot wound. Investigators check the links of his murder with the reforms launched by Bottaev in his hospital, and asserts that the crime was committed by several criminals. However, so far, they have no suspects.

On March 27, 2015, Khadis Bottaev was appointed the head physician of the Republican Clinical Hospital. He dismissed 311 employees of the hospital. He closed private pharmacies operating in the territory of the hospital, and he was fighting against the practice of receiving bribes by doctors of the hospital.

"Within the inquiry of the criminal case opened after the murder of Khadis Bottaev, who was also an MP of Kabardino-Balkaria, his relatives are ready to pay an essential monetary reward for any information about the culprits and for other relevant information," says a statement posted on the website the republic's MIA.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.