This was reported by TASS with reference to the lawyer of the accused Alexander Pochuev.

“The criminal case was transferred to the central apparatus,” he said.

On November 11, a court in St. Petersburg arrested 63-year-old Sokolov. He pleaded guilty.

According to investigators, graduate student Anastasia Yeshenko was shot dead on the night of November 8. Later, her body was dismembered and tried to drown in the Moika River.