Overview
- The Verkh-Isetsky District Court in Yekaterinburg ruled to keep Georgiy Akoev in custody until December 30, according to the regional courts' press service.
- The decision followed a motion filed on Sunday, with investigators charging Akoev under Article 210.1 for occupying the highest position in a criminal hierarchy.
- Authorities say Akoev, known in criminal circles as Giya Sverdlovsky, is believed to hold that role in Sverdlovsk Oblast.
- Law-enforcement agencies have not provided public comment beyond the court press office statements.
- Media reports describe him as a relative of Aslan 'Ded Hasan' Usoyan and say he was detained Friday in an elite Yekaterinburg complex, noting he left a penal colony in 2017 after a group-robbery sentence; related context includes May's 25-year sentence for Igor Zhirnokleev over the killings of Ded Hasan and lawyer Natalia Vavilina.