MOSCOW, February 27 (RIA Novosti) - Investigators have identified a suspect in the murder of Russian television channel NTV reporter Ilya Zimin, a source in the investigation team said Monday.
"In the last 24 hours, investigators have reconstructed the crime, and established the identity of an individual who may have killed Ilya Zimin," the source said.
"Police officers know the name of the suspect. An active search for him is underway, and he is likely to be detained soon," the source said.
He said this had most likely been a murder for personal reasons.
NTV special correspondent Ilya Zimin was killed early Sunday in his Moscow apartment. His body was discovered by colleagues a day later. Experts said Zimin's death was the result of craniofacial injuries. The door to the apartment had not been forced open, they said.
Prosecutors said nothing had been stolen from the apartment. They ruled out any link between the murder and the reporter's professional activity.
