In Ingushetia, near the village of Surkhakhi, a skeletonized body was found that could have belonged to 31-year-old thief in law Khamzat Aushev, known in criminal circles as Khamzat Ingush, Kavkaz.

A pistol was found next to the corpse, whose ribs and skull were already exposed, but jeans and a jacket were preserved. The publication reports that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the departments of the Investigative Committee for Ingushetia have not denied the information about the discovery of the body of the crime boss.

The version of suicide due to the mental state of the deceased is also being considered.

Khamzat Aushev is one of the youngest thieves in law in Russia. He was “crowned” in 2012 in Dubai by influential Georgian thieves in law. In 2013, he was arrested and served a long sentence for robbery and disorganization of the Vladimirsky Central prison. In 2020, the crime boss was sent to a prison psychiatric hospital and released from it for health reasons in the spring of 2021.