They still won't let me go

Igor Trunov, the lawyer of Alexei Frenkel, accused of organizing the murder of the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Andrei Kozlov, believes that Liana Askerova abandoned her initial testimony, writes Nezavisimaya Gazeta. “This is my opinion based on observations of how the investigation behaves,” he said. “If this is so, then the only evidence of the guilt of my client Alexei Frenkel has collapsed.” However, Turnov believes that Frenkel is unlikely to be released: “Most likely Frenkel will be charged with new charges – economic ones.”