22:33, 14 November 2006

Kondopoga court sent back Mozgalyov's case to prosecutor's office

Today, the court of the Korelian town of Kondopoga has sent back to the prosecutor's office the case against one of the instigators of the mass fight that led to the murder of two locals.

The criminal case of Sergey Mozgalyov will be combined with the case of Yuri Pliev, another fight participant, the Radio Liberty broadcasts. We mention here that before the trial Mozgalyov told journalists that he partially pled guilty.

The cause of the disorders in the town of Kondopoga, Republic of Korelia, was a mass fight of local residents with Caucasus natives, as a result of which to men were killed. After that, ethnically-motivated riots burst out in Kondopoga leading to resettling of almost all the members of national minorities.