ST. PETERSBURG, April 8 (RAPSI, Mikhail Telekhov) – The Oktyabrsky District Court in St. Petersburg has ordered the detention of the 21-year old student Sergey Kosyrev,  who stands charged with murder of prominent Russian journalist, Dmitry Tsilikin, for two months, RAPSI correspondent reported from the courtroom on Friday.

The hearing was held behind closed doors because of investigatory privilege.

According to investigators, on March 27, Kosyrev visited the journalist with whom he had befriended online. The student killed Tsilikin during a quarrel, stole his laptop and mobile phone and fled the scene.

Kosyrev was arrested on April 7 after investigators had examined Tsilikin’s conversations on one of social networks.

The body of the 54-year old journalist was found in his apartment on the night of March 31. According to preliminary findings, he died from multiple knife wounds.

Dmitriy Tsilikin was an editor of “Culture and society” section in the “Chas Pik (Peak Hour)” newspaper. He was also an author and host of multiple TV- and radio-shows, his works were published in numerous newspapers and magazines.