Court rules against arrest of Politkovskaya suspect

The Moscow military district court has overturned a decision by a lower court to sanction the arrest of a senior federal security service officer in connection with last year's murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. But the suspect, Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Ryaguzov, will remain in custody pending an appeal by prosecutors who have linked him to a criminal group specialising in carrying out contract hits. He was among nine people arrested last month, two of whom have since been released. (Via )