MOSCOW, February 17 (RAPSI) – Investigators have filed a motion with the Basmanny District Court of Moscow seeking to extend the detention of all five suspects in the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the court’s spokesperson Yunona Tsareva told RAPSI on Wednesday.
The court will hear the motion on February 19.
Earlier, the detention of the defendants was extended until February 28.
The investigation into the case has been completed. All the suspects will get acquainted with case materials soon, and then they would be forwarded to the prosecutor's office for indictment.
Zaur Dadayev, brothers Anzor and Shadid Gubashev, Temerlan Eskerkhanov and Khamzat Bakhayev stand charged with contract murder and illegal acquisition, carrying and keeping of weapons
Nemtsov, 55, was murdered in central Moscow as he walked across a bridge near the Kremlin on February 28, 2015.