Ngobusuku bokugqibela, umdlali waseRashiya uValery Nikolayev wayevalelwe ngamapolisa ephakathi kweMoscow. Amagosa okuthotyelwa komthetho kwakufuneka aphishekele imoto yomculi, kwaye kwakunokwenzeka ukuba amvalele ngoncedo lweebhanbhoni ezifakwe kwindlela.
Isizathu sokubanjwa komdlali kwakuyinto yokuba usuku ngaphambi kokuba atyhide umfazi oneminyaka engama-54 ubudala ewela ngapha kwekhefu eChistoprudniy Boulevard. Ngokwababoni bokuzibonela, uNikolaev wagxotha ngokukhawuleza ngokukhawuleza kunye neetrama. Emva kokugubungela phantsi umntu ohamba ngeenyawo, umculi akazange ayeke kwaye akazange aphule, kodwa walala.
Ibhinqa elafumana ukulimala kwamanzi lalibhedlele. Uyakrokrelwa ingxube enkulu yengqondo. Usuku lonke imoto yomdlali wayefunwa, kwaye ngobusuku bokugqibela igosa le-DPS likwazi ukuvalela umoni. Ngokwamapolisa, umculi odumileyo unyanelise iimfuno zamagosa okuthotyelwa komthetho, kwaye wagqithisa imoto emininzi ngaphambi kokuba akwazi ukuyeka.
U-Valery Nikolayev utshele abaphephandaba ukuba babehlala kwindawo yokuvalelwa ukuba wayengazi isizathu sokuba wayemisiwe. Ngomzuzu wesaziwa ukuba imoto yomdlali weloli yeconsi yathunyelwa kwindawo yokupaka. Iindaba zakamuva malunga nokuba i-Nikolaev ngoku ingabonakali kwi-arhente yokuthotyelwa komthetho.