Overview

• The Oussuriysk district court in Primorye extended his pretrial custody to November 3, according to TASS citing the court’s press service.
• Sehili, 44, was arrested in the Russian Far East in early September while nearing the end of a Lisbon‑to‑Vladivostok ultracycling record attempt.
• Officials say he first tried a crossing reserved for Russians and Chinese, then another where bicycles are prohibited, despite holding an electronic Russian visa.
• An earlier court ruling had kept him detained until October 4 before this latest extension.
• His lawyer, Alla Kouchnir, says she has appealed the arrest, with coverage noting tense Franco‑Russian relations and recent detentions of Western nationals.