MOSCOW, May 6 (RAPSI, Diana Gutsul) – Officers of the Moscow Main Investigative Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have arrested a man who is suspected of murdering editor of the National News Service Alexander Rubtsov, RAPSI learned from the investigators on Friday.

Earlier, Russian media reported that the body of the victim was found in his apartment by his mother. According to investigators, Rubtsov received chest, neck and limb wounds. He died on the spot.

The suspect in the murder is a man born in 1986 who allegedly received keys to Rubtsov’s apartment from the victim himself.

According to the information published on the National News Service website, “murder was not connected to professional activity” of Rubtsov. The journalist’s funeral will take place at his hometown of Kaluga.