4.  The applicant was born in 1953 and lived, prior to his arrest in St Petersburg. 5.  On 20 December 2005 the applicant was put on the wanted list on suspicion of a murder and gangsterism. 6.  On 17 July 2007 the Vyborskiy District Court of St Petersburg remanded the applicant in custody in absentia. 7.  On 20 October 2007 the applicant was arrested in Hungary. 8.  On 13 September 2008 he was extradited to Russia and placed in detention. 9.  On 28 April 2009 the St Petersburg City Court extended the applicant’s pre-trial detention referring to the seriousness of the charges and the applicant’s attempt to abscond. The applicant remained in detention pending investigation and trial. The court concisely reiterated in its detention orders the above reasons and stated that the applicant might interfere with investigation, commit crimes, threaten witnesses and that he could not be released on bail. 10.  The applicant’s appeals against the detention orders were rejected on the following dates:
 
Date of the detention order
Date of the introduction of the appeal
Date of the appeal hearing
28 April 2009
4 May 2009
2 July 2009
4 May 2009
8 May 2009
2 July 2009
19 August 2009
31 August 2009
22 October 2009
14 October 2009
16 October 2009
21 December 2009
14 January 2010
18 January 2010
16 February 2010
15 February 2010
18 February 2010
26 April 2010 11.  On 29 April 2010 the Saint-Petersburg City Court convicted him of murder and gangsterism and sentenced him to 16 years’ imprisonment. On 7 October 2010 the Supreme Court of Russia upheld this decision on appeal.