A GENERAL DIRECTOR OF A BIG RUSSIAN CHEMICAL EXPORTER WAS KILLED ON MONDAY BY FIVE PISTOL SHOTS AT THE ENTRANCE OF HIS APARTMENT IN PERM, A REGIONAL CENTREIN THE URALS.

YEVGENY PANTELEIMONOV, 44, WAS APPOINTED GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEFTEKHIMIK, A CHEMICALS-PRODUCING JOINT-STOCK COMPANY WITH 1,500 EMPLOYEES, IN 1995, AFT ER HIS PREDECESSOR RESIGNED FOR SOMEREASONS CHOOSING NOT TO WAIT FOR A RESOLUTION OF A SHAREHOLDERS MEETING.

EARLIER, PANTELEIMONOV WAS CHIEF ENGINEER AT THE COMPANY. HE HAD THREE DAUGHTERS.