“Sergey Khodzhoyan did not admit guilt,” RIA Novosti investigator quotes.
The agency notes that the 41-year-old defendant is officially unemployed. He told the court that he “worked with auto parts and tires” for cars.
Earlier in Moscow, bartender Narek Stepanyan, another alleged participant in the conflict in the village of Putilkovo, was arrested on charges of hooliganism, during which former Special Forces member Nikita Belyankin was killed.
On the evening of June 1, 24-year-old Belyankin died of a stab in the heart after he stood up for the wounded participant in the conflict around the cafe.
The TV channel "360" published a video of the detention of two suspects.