A Moscow court has extended the arrest of Igor Girkin, a former commander of Russian proxy forces in the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, for three more months, Russian media reported on Sept. 12.
The Moscow City Court rejected the appeal of Russian warlord Igor Girkin, who has been arrested on charges of extremism, the Interfax news agency reported on Aug. 29.
Igor Girkin, one of three men convicted for the downing of flight MH17, will remain in custody. A Russian court rejected on Tuesday an appeal by his lawyers to suspend his pre-trial detention. The 52-year-old man was arrested in July 2023 in Moskow on charges of extremism.
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