Police in Moscow detained an 11th grader in connection with two racist murders, according to a September 15, 2008 report by the Rosbalt news agency. Mikhail Merchuk allegedly belonged to a gang of neo-Nazis. On August 21, the suspect and his comrades allegedly stabbed to death a man identified only by his last name, Adzulaev, in Moscow. The second murder he is charged with is the August 27 killing of a 20 year old migrant named Bakhtemirov in the Moscow region town of Zelenograd. Investigators are looking into the student's possible connection with other racist murders.

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