The businessman Telman Ismailov, detained in Montenegro, was arrested for two months, lawyer Marina Rusakova told Interfax. The arrest decision has already been appealed.
According to the lawyer, Ismailov was arrested after his request for political asylum in Montenegro. This issue is still pending with the authorities, despite the arrest.
Former owner and director of the Cherkizovsky market, a billionaire from Azerbaijan Telman Ismailov was detained in Montenegro on the basis of a warrant issued by Russia, the Montenegrin edition of Vijesti reported earlier.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that the department is in the process of a criminal case on charges of Ismailov in organizing the murder of two entrepreneurs and a number of other cases. In 2015, Ismailov was declared bankrupt in Russia, and in November 2017, the Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested Ismailov in absentia due to charges of organizing two murders (Article 105, Part 2 of the Criminal Code) and illegal arms trafficking (Article 222, Part 2). 1 of the Criminal Code), said his lawyer Marina Rusakova.
It is about organizing the murder of the owner of shopping malls Vladimir Savkin and the founder of the Lyublino Motors company Yuri Brilev in May 2016, a source in the Investigative Committee of Russia clarified to Vedomosti. After that, Ismailov was put on the international wanted list. As of 2019, the businessman, along with his brother Rafik Ismailov, was on the international wanted list.
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