MOSCOW, August 14 (RAPSI) – Investigation into the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has been extended until November 28, Roza Magomedova, the attorney of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, told RAPSI on Friday.

According to Magomedova, investigators will soon file a motion in court to extend the detention of the suspects.

Nemtsov was murdered in central Moscow on the night of February 28. In the 1990s, the politician held a number of high-ranking posts in the Russian Government. In the 2000s, he joined the opposition.

Five suspects were detained in the case, including the alleged murdered Zaur Dadayev, brothers Anzor and Shadid Gubashev, and Khamzat Bakhayev who, according to investigators, provided his accomplices with information and hid them after the murder. The fifth suspect, Temerlan Eskerkhanov is said to have monitored Nemtsov’s whereabouts. Investigators have not revealed the suspected role of the Gubashev brothers in the crime.