The body of Vladimir Legoyda's father with stab wounds was found in the Moscow region

 The body of an elderly man was found in the Leninsky city district of the Moscow region, investigators opened a murder case, the press service of the Investigative Committee reported.

As a source in law enforcement agencies specified to RIA Novosti, we are talking about the father of the Chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Church with Society and the Media of the Moscow Patriarchate Vladimir Legoyda.

According to the investigation, the body of a 90-year-old man was found on the side of the road with many stab wounds.

"On this fact, the investigative bodies of the GSU of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Moscow region initiated a criminal case (Part 1 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) (Murder)," the department said.

Now the most experienced employees of the regional management of the UK are working on site.

The head of the department Alexander Bastrykin instructed the head of the GSU of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Moscow region Alexander Starikov to present an operational report on the initial investigative actions and the circumstances of the incident. The progress of the investigation is put under control.