Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov (center), accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov, accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov (left), accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.

Oktyabrsky District Court hearinh in the case of lecturer and associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov, accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko. Flowers and a photo of Anastasia Yeschenko.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov (center), accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov, accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov (left), accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov (center), accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov (left), accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov (center), accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, and President Moscow International defense counsel association «Pochuev, Zelgin and Partners» Alexander Pochuev (right) during a hearing in the Oktyabrsky District Court.

Genre photo. Police officers on the stairs of the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov, accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov, accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.

Lecturer and Associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov (left), accused of murdering his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeschenko, attends a hearing in Oktyabrsky District Court.