Former editor-in-chief and founder of the Readovka media outlet Readovka Alexei Kostylev, suspected of embezzling about 1 billion roubles from Russia's Defence Ministry while carrying out state contracts, is seen inside a defendant's cage during a hearing at the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow, Russia.

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Former editor-in-chief and founder of the Readovka media outlet Readovka Alexei Kostylev, suspected of embezzling about 1 billion roubles from Russia's Defence Ministry while carrying out state contracts, is seen inside a defendant's cage during a hearing at the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow, Russia.

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Former editor-in-chief and founder of the Readovka media outlet Readovka Alexei Kostylev, centre, suspected of embezzling about 1 billion roubles from Russia's Defence Ministry while carrying out state contracts, is seen inside a defendant's cage during a hearing at the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow, Russia.

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Former editor-in-chief and founder of the Readovka media outlet Readovka Alexei Kostylev, left, suspected of embezzling about 1 billion roubles from Russia's Defence Ministry while carrying out state contracts, is seen inside a defendant's cage during a hearing at the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow, Russia.

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Former editor-in-chief and founder of the Readovka media outlet Readovka Alexei Kostylev, left, suspected of embezzling about 1 billion roubles from Russia's Defence Ministry while carrying out state contracts, is seen inside a defendant's cage during a hearing at the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow, Russia.

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Former editor-in-chief and founder of the Readovka media outlet Readovka Alexei Kostylev, suspected of embezzling about 1 billion roubles from Russia's Defence Ministry while carrying out state contracts, is seen inside a defendant's cage during a hearing at the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow, Russia.

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Former editor-in-chief and founder of the Readovka media outlet Readovka Alexei Kostylev, suspected of embezzling about 1 billion roubles from Russia's Defence Ministry while carrying out state contracts, is seen inside a defendant's cage during a hearing at the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow, Russia.

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Former editor-in-chief and founder of the Readovka media outlet Readovka Alexei Kostylev, suspected of embezzling about 1 billion roubles from Russia's Defence Ministry while carrying out state contracts, is seen inside a defendant's cage during a hearing at the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow, Russia.

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Former editor-in-chief and founder of the Readovka media outlet Readovka Alexei Kostylev, left, suspected of embezzling about 1 billion roubles from Russia's Defence Ministry while carrying out state contracts, is seen inside a defendant's cage during a hearing at the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow, Russia.

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