“He himself insists on detention,” TASS quoted the lawyer as saying.
Pochuyev noted that, despite this, the defense will seek a house arrest.
On November 9, the IC of Russia opened a criminal case on the murder after a man was raised from the Moika River in St. Petersburg, in whose backpack lay two female hands and a traumatic gun.
His victim is a 24-year-old girl who studied with him and was a co-author of a number of his scientific works.