Overview

• The Basmanny District Court ordered Ibragim Suleimanov held in pretrial detention until 2 December in a closed hearing, according to a RIA Novosti reporter in the courtroom.
• Investigators had sought custody, with the court citing legally protected information and health data in the case materials for the closed session.
• Russian outlets report the case concerns the 2004 killing of former Federal Service for Financial Recovery and Bankruptcy chief Georgy Tal.
• Co-defendant Mukhhamed Darbishev was remanded in custody for two months on charges corresponding to attempted murder under Russia’s criminal code.
• An informed source told RIA Novosti that an older relative with the same surname died of a heart attack after detention, a claim not reflected in the court’s public rulings.