Assassination of Mikeil Kobakhia

Mikeil Kobakhia, the first leader of the Samot Central State, was assassinated on July 7th 1947, at his hotel at the Ataman's Compound in Kholdnareka, Lestykhol. Basilieva Kobakhia, the president's daughter, was responsible for the assassination. Kobakhia was shot in the chest and the head and died almost immediately. The incident is often referred to as "7.7" or the "July 7th incident" in Samotkhe. There is a great deal of controversy surrounding Basilieva's motives, as it remains uncertain whether the act was part of a planned assassination or was merely impulsive. The chief investigator Timur Bulosz famously concluded that the assassination was "too careless for a deliberate act and yet too elaborate for an impulsive act."

President Kobakhia's dictatorship
By the time of his assassination, President Kobakhia had exercised dictatorial power over Samotkhe for nearly 16 years.

The Samot Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1931 to coordinate both international and domestic intelligence activities, including those of the military. Almost immediately following its creation, the SCIA was used to suppress any domestic opposition to Kobakhia's regime: wiretapping, arresting, and torturing without a court order. The SCIA was heavily involved in many behind-the-scenes political manoeuvres aimed at weakening the opposition through bribing, blackmailing, threatening, or arresting opposing lawmakers. In 1941, The new Samartliano constitution replaced direct voting in presidential elections with an indirect voting system involving delegates; allotted one-third of the National Assembly seats to the president; repealed presidential term limits; and gave the president the authority to suspend the constitution and issue emergency decrees, appoint all judges, and dismiss the National Assembly. When opposition to the Samartilano Constitution arose, Kobakhia issued a number of emergency decrees, the first of which made any act of opposition or denial of the Samartliano Constitution punishable by imprisonment for up to 15 years.

Assassination
On the day of the assassination, Kolbakhia and his entourage attended theatrical performances in Kholdnareka and a Kholak TV transmitting station in Brezhnegrad. Basilieva was expected to accompany him, but after Chief Bodyguard Ruvashvili blocked her from riding in the same helicopter as President Kobakhia, Basilieva angrily excused herself from the trip.

After the trip, according to SCIA Chief Agent Shumaliev, President Kolbakhia instructed the SCIA to prepare for Ataman Seryozha Novichka Kulikov's Banquet. The banquet was held at an Undisclosed safe house inside the Blue House at the Ataman's compound, Kholdnareka, Lestykhol. The banquet was completed without difficulty, and there was no unusual behaviour from Basilieva, save for a telephone call before the banquet.

After the banquet concluded, the President and his entourage were escorted to their rooms. At approximately 9:00 pm, Security Guard Anrep Gavrila Mantinov noticed the president and his daughter having an argument whilst on a walk, but could not comprehend it due to not knowing the Samot language.

At 10:30 pm, a loud sound was heard from the president's room, and security quickly rushed to find Kobakhia and his daughter were both killed in a murder-suicide. Basilieva had used an unknown pistol to shoot Kobakhia in the chest and head, as well as herself. The details of the type of pistol have never been released to the public.

During the assassination, Alvak Foreign Minister Joachim Meurer-Ansbach (representing then-chancellor Leo Bärwald) and a small delegation of diplomats were in a separate room on the floor above, preparing for trade talks between Alvakalia, Lestykhol, and Samotkhe, with the Ataman, Kolbakhia, and Kholak Economic Minister Yuferev Lavr Fyodorovich. Alvak security officer Uwe Rossmann was third to reach the crime scene.

Aftermath
The death of Mikeil Kobakhia had many adverse effects. For one, it was handled very poorly By the Kholak Government, due to the inexperience in handling such an incident. Misinformation also spread very rapidly among the Kholak population, which led to mass panic and hysteria. In Samotkhe, the news of Kobakhia's assassination had not been publicly announced until much later.

The Alvak Meurer-Ansbach delegation, upon Kolbakhia's death, immediately made plans to return home. However, they only returned home three months later, having moved to a more remote compound to the advice of Alvak military attache Vincent Paul Jung before flying home.