Dagestan police have detained a suspect in the murder of Malvina Magomedova.

The Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained a suspect in the murder and dismemberment of 36-year-old Malvina Magomedova, a resident of the village of Dzhalgan. He confessed to the murder and described the circumstances.

As reported by Kavkazsky Knot, on January 29, police discovered the dismembered and charred body of 36-year-old Malvina Magomedova. Derbent resident Radzhidin Yaraliev has been placed on the wanted list as a suspect in the murder. According to sources, the argument and murder were sparked by the sale of a car.

"My colleagues from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Dagestan have detained a suspect in the murder of a 36-year-old resident of the village of Dzhalgan, who disappeared on January 23. He is being delivered to investigative authorities," Irina Volk, official spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, reported today on her Telegram channel.

Later, the Telegram channel "Criminal Chronicle," which has over 135,000 subscribers, published a video of the suspect's preliminary interrogation.

In the video, the suspect admitted that he sold Malvina Magomedova's car on January 15, after which she began demanding money from him. The detainee then took her to his apartment, where he strangled her. He then wrapped the victim in a blanket and placed her in the trunk of his car, grabbing a knife along the way.

"On the way, as I was driving towards the river, I stopped at a gas station and bought five liters of gasoline. I drove to the river and dismembered her, then burned her. After that, I started hiding from the officers," the suspect says in the video.

"Caucasian Knot" has written about other high-profile cases of domestic violence in the North Caucasus. Among the most well-known is the case of former police officer Vadim Tekhov, who was found guilty of murdering his ex-wife, Regina Gagieva, in 2021. The court sentenced him to 16 years in prison, but in 2023, Gagieva's relatives met Tekhov free in Vladikavkaz. In June, it was reported that Tekhov was buried in Vladikavkaz—he died in the war zone in Ukraine, but his death was not related to the fighting.

Traditions and customs in most regions of the North Caucasus predispose women to domestic violence. Authorities consider physical abuse by husbands to be normal, and victims of violence are not prepared to go to the police, human rights activists previously explained to a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.