"A resident of the Borsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, born in 1977, who was previously repeatedly convicted of grave and especially grave crimes, was detained on suspicion of committing a murder," RIA Novosti quotes a message from IC RIA Novosti.
The message says that the man is cooperating with the investigation.
In the UK, in the near future, they plan to resolve the issue of bringing charges against the defendant and choosing a preventive measure.
Earlier, a RT source said that an American student who disappeared in the Nizhny Novgorod region was found dead.
The location of her body was revealed by the alleged killer.
34-year-old American student Catherine Sirow went missing on June 15.
The last time she contacted her mother by phone, she said that she was traveling in a car with unknown persons.