MOSCOW, October 2 - RAPSI. The Moscow City Court will consider on October 3 the appeal against the arrest extension of Maxim Baklagin, who has been accused of murdering Moscow City Court Judge Eduard Chuvashov in 2010, the court's press service told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) on Tuesday.

The Basmanny District Court extended his custody in mid-August to December 16. The arrest of Vyacheslav Isayev, the second suspect in the case, was also extended. Chuvashov was shot dead in the entrance to his home in Moscow in 2010.

During his career with the Moscow City Court, he reviewed over 20 high-profile criminal cases. A number of them concerned murders on ethnic grounds.

According to the Federal Security Service (FSB), the suspects are Moscow region residents born in 1985.

They are believed to have radical views and to have been members of underground armed groups since 2004.

The suspects attempted to put up an armed resistance during their arrest. A Suomi submachine gun, a Makarov pistol, and a hand grenade were seized.

In late March, investigators named another suspect who is believed to have taken part in killing the judge as Moscow resident Alexei Korshunov, 28. He faced charges of murdering a judge as revenge for his decisions in extremism cases. Korshunov died in an accidental grenade explosion in Ukraine in October 2011. Investigative Committee spokesperson Vladimir Markin said the men killed Chuvashov on April 12, 2010 due to the sentences that he passed in criminal cases regarding individuals with radical nationalistic views.

Isayev and Baklagin have been accused under several articles of the Criminal Code, one of which is "murder" and stipulates life imprisonment.