It is reported by kp.ru.
“The defendant is the holder of the Legion of Honor. He was aware and planned further actions. He called the French Embassy twice in the morning with a difference of 30 minutes. We believe that he planned to escape the persecution and hide in France, ”Baksheeva said.
She asked to send a judicial request to the diplomatic mission in order to demand audio recordings of Sokolov's telephone conversations.
The judge granted the request.
Earlier, Petersburg Diary reported that Sokolov’s correspondence with the murdered graduate student was announced in court.
According to the investigation, on November 7, 2019, Sokolov shot and killed Yeshchenko, and on the night of November 9 he decided to get rid of the body and dismembered it, after which he tried to drown the remains in the Moika River.