Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed “outrage” at the murder of a prominent human rights activist, Natalia Estemirova.
He has ordered an inquiry into the killing of Ms Estemirova, who was investigating alleged abuses by government-backed militias in Chechnya.
She was abducted and bundled into a van as she left her home in the Chechen capital, Grozny, on Wednesday.
Her body was found in neighbouring Ingushetia, with gunshot wounds.
Ms Estemirova, 50, had been gathering evidence – for the Russian human rights organisation, Memorial – of a campaign of house-burnings by government-backed militiamen.

