MOSCOW, October 3 - RAPSI. On Wednesday, the Moscow City Court upheld an extension until December 16 of the detention of Maxim Baklagin, who is charged with murdering Judge Eduard Chuvashov in 2010, the court told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com).

In its ruling, the court also dismissed the appeal for a non-custodial measure of restraint. The defense team has said that its client will plead guilty and is cooperating with the investigation.

In mid-August, the Basmanny District Court extended Baklagin's detention until December 16. The arrest of Vyacheslav Isayev, the second suspect in the case, was also extended.

Judge Eduard Chuvashov was shot dead in the entrance to his home in Moscow in 2010.

During his career at the Moscow City Court, he reviewed over 20 high-profile criminal cases. A number of them concerned murder 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 March, investigators named another suspect in the case: the late Moscow resident Alexei Korshunov, 28. He is suspected of murdering the judge as revenge for his rulings 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 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, including murder, which carries a sentence of life imprisonment.