On October 23, a Russian mixed martial arts fighter was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after an Armenian immigrant died on Sunday evening.
Nikita Fedonenko, a 22-year-old fighter who represented the Omsk regional branch of the Russian MMA Union, was arrested and charged with part 4 of article 111 of the Russian criminal code ("Causing grievous bodily harm that negligently caused the death of a person"). According to news agency "SuperOmsk," Fedonenko attacked Vage Zalibekyana, an Armenian immigrant ten years his senior, and sent him to the hospital, where he died of his wounds.
The report added that when police searched the fighter’s apartment, they encountered “paraphernalia similar to the ones used by skinheads."
Back in 2013, Fedonenko took second place in the "Cup of the Golden Helmet", a tournament in honor of USSR coach Vladimir Zborowski where the prize is the title of Master of Sports in Pankration. The fighter represented the Omsk Academy of the Ministry of Interior, where he studied. According to some reports, Fedonenko abandoned his studies in favor of work in the patrol duty. However, he retired six months prior to Sunday’s incident.