Vitaly Konev’s body was found at the Neva shooting range in the Leningrad region near the shooting targets.
The President of the Karate Federation of St. Petersburg was found dead. Vitaly Konev’s body was discovered on Wednesday, February 7, with a gunshot wound to the head at the Neva shooting range in the Leningrad region near the shooting targets. A criminal case under the article “murder” has been initiated, RIA Novosti reports, citing the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Leningrad region.
On the eve of February 8, the Karate Federation of St. Petersburg announced the death of the organization’s president on the social network “VKontakte.”
Konev headed the Karate Federation of St. Petersburg for more than ten years and was a master of sports in this discipline. He was also a shooting coach. At one time, Konev won a bronze medal at the practical shooting world championship.