This was reported to TASS in the joint press service of the courts of general jurisdiction of the Nizhny Novgorod region.
"By the resolution of the Borsky City Court of the Nizhny Novgorod Region of September 25, a preventive measure was chosen in the form of detention until November 24, 2020 inclusive," the statement says.
According to the investigation, a previously convicted man during a quarrel beat a 46-year-old resident of the city of Bora and hit her on the head with a hammer, from which she died.
After that, the suspect met at the bus stop in the village of Neklyudovo the nine-year-old daughter of his former partner, took her to a deserted place and killed her.
The man was detained on September 25.
On the evening of September 24, in a deserted place in the village of Neklyudovo, Nizhny Novgorod Region, the body of a nine-year-old girl who disappeared on the same day with signs of a violent death was found.
The UK opened a criminal investigation into the murder.