A Russian lawmaker has been stripped of his immunity from prosecution and arrested over his alleged involvement in a contract killing case, Russian media reported on Aug. 2. According to Kommersant, Senator Dmitry Savelyev, a member of the Federation Council from the Tula Oblast, attempted last year to arrange the murder of his business partner who reportedly embezzled money from a company they ran together. The person Savelyev hired to carry out the contract killing contacted Russian law enforcement agencies and alerted them of the alleged plot. According to Russian news outlet RBC, Russia’s …