According to the investigation, one of the deputies of the Cherkasy city council due to personal conflict with the deputy mayor of Cherkasy and out of mercenary motives, organized a premeditated murder for a monetary reward. This was reported in the Office of the Prosecutor General.

To do this, he found an intermediary who was instructed to select a murder performer and paid him a deposit.

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Earlier, Cherkass Mayor Anatoly Bondarenko reported on Facebook the disappearance of his deputy. According to him, on July 16 in the morning Botnara was not found in the workplace..

According to his wife and father, on July 15, at about 19:30, in the district of the city council, the official moved away from his car for some meeting, after which his phone was disconnected, and the deputy himself did not get in touch.