Two dead in a shooting in Moscow near the offices of Russia's largest online store

Two people were killed in a shooting near the offices of Russia's largest online store Wildberries in Moscow on Wednesday, authorities said.

Seven people, including two police officers, were injured in an incident that seems to be connected to the conflict between the owner of Wildberries Tatjana Bakalchuk, one of the richest women in Russia, and her husband, with whom she is in the process of divorcing.

The Investigative Committee said it launched an investigation into "elements of the crime" – including murder, attempted murder of two or more people, illegal possession of weapons and attempted murder of a law enforcement official, Radio Free Europe's Russian service reported.

Previously, the press service of Wildberries stated that Vladislav Bakalčuk, the husband of the company's founder and director Tatjana Bakalčuk, tried to "illegally enter the offices" with several other people.

The company added that other people simultaneously tried to take over other Wildberries premises in Moscow.

Vladislav Bakalchuk called the shooting a "large-scale provocation," claiming he had arrived at the Wildberries office for what he called "another phase of negotiations" regarding the suspension of construction of new warehouse buildings for the company.

The couple is currently in the process of divorcing.

"I arrived at the office together with my colleagues, but immediately at the entrance I was attacked by security guards and unknown persons, who caused an armed conflict," Vladislav Bakalchuk said.

Tatiana Bakalchuk stated on Telegram that a group led by her husband and two other men, whom she identified as Sergey Anufriyev and Vladimir Bakin, tried to occupy the offices of Wildberries in the Russian capital.

"The statement about some kind of negotiations, to which an armed group arrived, sounds absurd, because no one agreed on any negotiations," wrote Tatjana Bakalčuk on Telegram.

The RIA Novosti news agency quoted law enforcement officials as saying that after the incident, around 30 people were detained and brought to the police for questioning.

Tatjana Bakalchuk (48) is the richest woman in Russia. Forbes magazine estimates her assets at more than four billion dollars.

Wildberries benefited from sanctions imposed after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as Western e-commerce companies pulled out of the country. Revenue from Wildberries jumped 70 percent last year to 539 billion rubles ($5,8 billion). Net profit rose to 19 billion rubles ($205 million).

Balačuk told Tass that she expects the turnover on the platform to grow by 60 percent this year to more than 40 billion dollars.

She filed for divorce after her husband asked the authoritarian leader of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, for help in a conflict with his husband in July this year, claiming her plans to merge Wildberries with Rus Group, an advertising company, were damaging to the company and to be reduced to a hostile takeover.

Tatjana Bakalchuk was the sole owner of her empire until December 2019, when she transferred one percent of her company to her husband.

She is believed to be connected to powerful politicians in the Russian government, including Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and his first deputy, Denis Manturov.