The son of the widow of the former Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan has been arrested in connection with his mother's murder case.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has sent the son of Anna Kameneva, an associate professor at the Higher School of State Audit of Moscow State University and widow of the former Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan Gadji Makhaev, to pre-trial detention until October 25 as part of the criminal case regarding her murder.

It became known today about the detention of the deceased's son, later the investigation demanded to arrest him. His friend is also a suspect in the case, but his identity is not disclosed. Under the charge of murder committed by a group of individuals by prior agreement, both face a sentence of eight years to life imprisonment.

"The court has granted the request of the preliminary investigation authorities for the imposition of a preventive measure in the form of detention for the accused," TASS quotes its source.

It was previously reported that Anna Kameneva, an associate professor at the Department of Economic and Financial Investigations of the Higher School of State Audit of Moscow State University, tragically died at the age of 43; she was found dead in the Moscow region.

Anna Kameneva's body with a cut wound to the neck was found on August 26 in her home in the Moscow region village of Zhukovka. A traumatic pistol and several cartridges were also found at the crime scene, "Kommersant" specifies.

Anna Kameneva was the widow of the former Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan and ex-deputy of the State Duma Gadji Makhaev. She was born in 1983. In 2005, she graduated with honors from the law faculty of Moscow State University, and in 2009, she defended her PhD thesis. Since 2011, she had been working as an associate professor at the Higher School of State Audit of Moscow State University. Kameneva was the author of eight books and more than 40 scientific articles.