YEKATERINBURG, August 23 - RAPSI. The deputy mayor of Yekaterinburg, Viktor Konteyev, whom the court arrested on Tuesday on charges of organizing the murders of two businessmen, intends to appeal the courts warrant for his arrest, his defense lawyer, Svetlana Zayets, said.

"We should appeal this arrest warrant within three days," she said.

On Monday, searches were conducted in Konteyevs home and in his wifes office. Investigators seized his diary and his secretarys notebook.

RAPSI News Service