In Magas, thousands of people met the plane with the bodies of the slain Wildberries security guards

In Ingushetia, on Saturday night, several thousand people met on the plane to Magas airport, where the bodies of the security guards who were killed in a shooting near the Moscow Wildberries office were delivered.

Ambulances took the bodies of the victims to the villages of Dolakovo and Kantyshevo in the Nazran region of the republic, local residents lined the road as a sign of support for the victims and their families. On Saturday morning, people gathered in villages to participate in funeral services for those killed.

A shooting occurred at the office of the largest online store in Russia on September 18, when the co-founder of the company Vladislav Bakalchuk, together with security, tried to enter it. 41-year-old Adam Almazov and 28-year-old Islam-Bek Elmurziev. 30 people were arrested in connection with the shooting.

Bakalchuk was supported by the leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, in the physical conflict surrounding Wildberries. His lawyer, who was a prosecutor in Chechnya, tried to enter the office with the businessman. Among those arrested are several Chechens, including the deputy commander of the Akhmat-1 riot police unit, Umar Chichaev.

Posts criticizing Kadyrov are widely circulated in Telegram channels from Ingushetia. No incidents were reported at the memorial meetings. Kadyrov did not mention the shooting.

• At the beginning of the year, Wildberries was worth about $7 billion. The online store’s revenue grew significantly in 2023 amid sanctions against the Russian economy, amounting to 538.7 billion rubles (about $5.8 billion).