MOSCOW, April 2 - RIA Novosti. The Moscow City Court postponed on Monday until April 6 arguments hearing in the case of so-called Autonomous Fighting Terrorist Organization, whose members were charged with carrying out several explosions and arsons.

The delay was caused by the failure of some defense attorneys to appear in court due to poor health condition.

Case records say that eight Moscow residents headed by student Ivan Astashin nicknamed Spider set up a nationalist terrorist organization, which performed eight terrorist acts against law enforcement authorities and Caucasians in 2009 and early 2010.

Investigators hold that Astashin was the group's mastermind and used his knowledge in chemistry to make bombs.

At the first hearing eight suspects agreed with the facts set forth in the indictment, but disagreed with declaring their offences terrorism. "We acted not to change the constitutional system, but had hooligan motives. I was not a member of any organization," one of the suspects said.