People accused of assassination of the State Duma member Galina Starovoytova in 1998 are led into the St.Petersburg City Court to attend the court session summoned for the first to hearing of the case.

Lawyers Leonid Saikin (left) and Yury Schmidt (right) attended the court session on Galina Starovoitova's murder case, the session was held closed in Saint-Petersburg. Accused are under guards.