Irkutsk District Court extended Yulia Kiseleva's arrest by six months, accused in a fatal crash that killed two people. The trial starts December 10. The court refused house arrest and special procedure. Kiseleva faces up to 9 years in prison.

On December 3, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Irkutsk extended by 6 months the period of detention for Yulia Kiseleva, the person responsible in the case of the deaths of two people. The criminal case will be heard starting December 10, a representative of the Oktyabrsky Court said.
The court decided to extend Kiseleva’s detention until May 25, 2016. The defense requested that the preventive measure be changed from detention to house arrest. However, the motion was rejected by the court. Yulia Kiseleva personally attended the court hearing for the first time, while behind bars.
"The court also set the start of the hearings for December 10. The accused and her defense asked for the case to be considered in a special procedure. The court sees no need for this; the case will be heard under the general procedure," the court added.
As a reminder, the accident occurred on the night of July 27, 2015. The female driver crashed into a Toyota Highlander SUV that was stopped at a red light; after the impact, it collided with two other cars. Behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz was the daughter of City Duma deputy Zhanna Eseva and the chief physician of City Clinical Hospital No. 10, Sergei Esev. In this traffic accident, Albert Sokolov, head of the criminal investigation department of Police Department No. 4 of the Irkutsk city police, and Denis Matveyev, head of a construction company, were killed.
On July 29, Zhanna Eseva, a deputy of the Irkutsk Duma from electoral district No. 5, resigned her powers, explaining that this was due to "tragic events." And on October 7, a day before the City Duma was to consider this statement, she withdrew the document, regaining her deputy mandate.
Yulia Kiseleva is currently being held in pretrial detention center No. 1. She is accused of committing a crime under Part 6 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic rules committed by a person in a state of intoxication, negligently causing the death of two persons). Kiseleva faces up to 9 years in prison.