The defendants’ lawyers had filed an appeal of the decision of a Russian first-instance court, requesting that house arrest be set as their pretrial measure, according to Azerbaijani media.
After reviewing the case materials, however, the Sverdlovsk regional court upheld the aforementioned first-instance court’s decision.
On October 16, the Yekaterinburg District Court had extended the pretrial detention of the aforementioned Azerbaijani citizens until December 29.

















































