Pro-Russian Donbass militiaman (2014) dismembers two women in Moscow

Russian police detained Teimuraz Gogiashvili, 47, in the Voronezh region as a suspect in the murder and dismemberment of Elena Tsereteli, 53, and her 19-year-old daughter. The Investigative Committee confirmed the arrest without publicly identifying the detainee.

Russian police detained a **47-year-old** man in the **Voronezh** region as a suspect in the murder of Elena Tsereteli, the ex-vvife of restaurateur Mamuka Tsereteli, and of their 19-year-old daughter. Russian media identify him as Teimuraz Gogiashvili.

## The remains were found on 3 October in a Moscow flat

The dismembered remains of Elena Tsereteli, **53**, were found on **3 October** in an apartment on Zhulebinsky Boulevard in Moscow. The woman and her ex-husband had kept joint business interests after separating.

Investigators then searched a garage used by the suspect in the New Moscow area and found the daughter's body there. The **Investigative Committee of Russia** confirmed the arrest, although in its initial statement it did not give the detainee's name.

## Who is the detainee and what is known about his past

According to the newspaper **Kommersant**, Gogiashvili lived with Elena Tsereteli. The 47-year-old man was identified on social media as a former bodyguard of **Arsen Pavlov**, known as Motorola, a commander of the pro-Russian militias in the Donbass who was killed in 2016.

That link to the militias spread mainly through social media posts, not through official confirmation. The Investigative Committee has not linked the case to the detainee's military activity.

## What he is accused of and what remains unconfirmed

Gogiashvili is accused of dismembering the two women. A post on X claimed he tried to grind up the bodies with a meat grinder and cook them; that detail has not been confirmed by the Russian authorities.

The case remains under investigation. Any information about the motive or the detainee's mental state that does not come from the official investigation is, for now, an unsupported claim.