Alexandra Petrova, 20, died Saturday in the Volga River town of Cheboksary. Also fatally wounded in the attack were Radik Akhmetov, deputy director of the town?€™s central outdoor market, who died Sunday, and his associate, Konstantin Chuvilin.
Authorities described the attack on Akhmetov and Chuvilin as part of a dispute between crime groups.
Petrova won the Miss Russia pageant in 1996.
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