The court extended the detention of Yulia Kiseleva in pretrial detention, accused in the high profile crash on Baikalskaya that killed two men. She will remain in custody until October 27. The case also covers the investigation, payments to the families, and Kiselevas complaints about conditions and lack of medical care.

Almost 1.5 months have passed since the daughter of former Irkutsk City Duma deputy Zhanna Eseva has been in a pretrial detention center.
Recall that the accident, which claimed the lives of two men, occurred on July 27, 2015. Yulia Kiseleva got behind the wheel while intoxicated; the amount of alcohol in her blood was 12 times the legal limit. At a speed of about 160 km/h, Kiseleva’s Mercedes-Benz crashed into a Toyota Highlander that had stopped at a traffic light, and the Toyota, in the oncoming lane, then crashed into two more vehicles. The impact was so strong that the people in the car had virtually no chance of surviving. . A subsequent medical examination showed that the woman was drunk. The case caused a wide public outcry.
The girl’s fate during the investigation was decided in court on August 7. Then Yulia Kiseleva was sent to the pretrial detention center directly from the courtroom. She tried to appeal the decision to arrest her until September 27, but the higher court upheld it.
- Investigators appealed to the court with a motion to extend the detention period of the woman responsible for the accident on Baikalskaya, - the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Irkutsk Region reported. – The motion was granted.
Yulia Kiseleva will remain in the pretrial detention center until October 27 of this year.
Also, recall that the 27-year-old Kiseleva apologized to the relatives of the deceased. Her mother, Zhanna Eseva, paid 300,000 rubles to each of the affected parties. The money went toward the funerals.
Kiseleva herself complained about her conditions in the pretrial detention center, claiming that she is not being provided with medical care.