The court extended the measure of restraint for businessman Amirkhanyan until March 2.

The Tverskoy District Court extended the preventive measure in the form of detention until March 2 to businessman Arayik Amirkhanyan, who is being investigated for the murder of former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ilya Kiva in 2023. This was reported on December 4 by a correspondent of Izvestia.

According to the businessman's lawyer, his client's guilt has not been proven, and the prosecution is based only on testimony.

Earlier, the businessman pleaded not guilty and stated that he was in custody at the time of Kiva's murder. According to him, he considered Kivu his friend, and could not commit a crime.

Amirkhanyan was tried in a case of bribing a bailiff. In mid-July, the Dmitrov City Court sentenced him to six years in a penal colony. Before that, he was arrested by the Tverskoy Court of Moscow in a case of embezzlement, but later the article was tightened to bribing an official.

Kiva's body was found on December 6, 2023 at the Velich Country club in a park near Moscow. Then the killer fired twice, approaching the politician from behind. The first bullet hit the heart area, the second one hit the head.

Later, on December 11, 2023, it was reported that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) had been preparing an operation to eliminate Kiva for a long time. Her agents studied all possible details of the routes of the former MP, his daily routine and habits.

On September 16, a court in the Moscow Region arrested Amirkhanyan as part of the investigation into the murder of Ilya Kiva until November 2. On October 30, the court extended the measure of restraint for Amirkhanyan. It was noted that the businessman will remain in custody until December 6.

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