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The Basmanny Court of Moscow in absentia arrested the ex-owner of the Cherkizov market Telman Ismailov in the murder case. This is reported by Interfax with reference to businessman's lawyer Marina Rusakova

"An illegal decision on his arrest was made on October 30. It has already been appealed in the Moscow City Court. The appeal is scheduled for a complaint on November 15," the lawyer said. Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code (murder of two or more persons), Ismailov threatens life imprisonment.

The criminal case is associated with the murder of businessman Vladimir Savkin and founder "Lublin-Motors" Yuri Brylev, whose bodies were discovered on May 15, 2016 in the Toyota Land Cruiser SUV on the sidelines of the 30th kilometer of the Novorizhsky highway. In the case are the brother of Ismailov Rafik and Mehman Kerimov, who pleaded guilty.

“Kerimov made a deal with the investigation and stipulated Telman Ismailov,” said Rusakova. According to her, the investigation has no evidence of the guilt of Rafik Ismailov, except for the testimony of Kerimov. The lawyer added that Telman Ismailov was not summoned for the charges, and the defense also did not receive a notification of the hearing. “Ismailov never hid, but no one called him anywhere, we knew nothing,” Rusakova emphasized.

In April, the Rosbalt source said that Ismailov became a defendant in an investigation about the activities of a criminal group suspected of committing eight custom -made murders. Indications were given by the arrested member of the group.

In 2009, the AST Group of Companies controlled by Ismailovlost its main asset, the Cherkizov market . After detecting a counterfeit of $ 2 billion and the subsequent demolition of trading pavilions, Ismailov was forced to leave for Turkey. In 2016, the businessman was declared bankrupt.