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Natalia Mulikhova, 41, was shot and killed in the car, it is alleged.
The saleswoman from Rostov-on-Don was seen on CCTV emerging from Irkutsk airport wearing a fur hat carrying bags containing jewellery samples.
It was the last image of her alive.
She took a car from the airport in Irkutsk to meet a potential business partner - not realising a man who met her was a contract killer and the driver was his accomplice, say police.
She was shot and killed in the car, it is alleged.
She took a car from the airport in Irkutsk to meet a potential business partner.
Her body was dumped in a black plastic bag on the frozen Angara River.
A large quantity of jewellery worth a quarter of a million dollars was stolen in the well-planned criminal operation, it is alleged.
It was Natalia’s sister who raised the alarm after she failed to respond to calls and messages over two days.
A police video shows how the unnamed taxi driver was detained wearing only underwear in Irkutsk.
Another man who met her at Irkutsk airport was held.
A police video shows how the unnamed taxi driver was detained wearing only underwear in Irkutsk (top) and 35 year old resident of Taganrog (bottom).
Law enforcement also seized a third man, a courier from Natalia’s jewellery company in southern Russia, who is believed to have masterminded the alleged contract killing.
'All three participants of the criminal conspiracy were detained,’ said a statement from the Investigative Committee.
They are being investigated with a contract killing.
Jewellery stolen from the woman was also recovered.
Two guns seized, as well as jewelry worth 14 million roubles. Natalia's dead body was found in a plastic bag in Angara river.
'Police confiscated stolen jewellery items worth nearly 14 million roubles when they detained the executor of the murder and alleged murder tool, along with a TT with silencer.'
Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said the detained are a 42 year old resident of Ust-Kuda village in Irkutsk region, a 49 year old taxi driver, and a 35 year old resident of Taganrog, in southern Russia, who was escorted to Irkutsk as part oil the investigation.
Archeologists discovered a new stone bracelet, two sharp pins, a marble ring and fox tooth pendants.
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