A high ranking member of the pro-Russian government in the region of Dagestan has been killed along with his driver in a suspected separatist ambush.
Garun Kurbanov, head of Dagestan's analytical department and presidential press service, and his driver were killed in the republic's capital city of Makhachkala earlier this morning.
"Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Kurbanov's car at about 08:15 Moscow time (0415 GMT). According to preliminary reports, the official and his driver were killed," a spokesman of Dagestan's Interior Ministry was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.
Police have said a full investigation into the incident is underway
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