# How did a murder suspect with ties to Putin leave pretrial detention within two months?

https://mins.news/en/item/35901

- Meduza, 2026-08-28 16:25 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/28/how-does-a-murder-suspect-with-ties-to-putin-get-out-of-pretrial-detention-within-two-months

> Businessman Ilya Traber has left Moscow’s Lefortovo pretrial detention center after an investigator ordered his release, reportedly because his health had sharply worsened. Traber is accused of helping organize the 2020 murder of St. Petersburg entrepreneur and municipal deputy Alexander Petrov, and is widely viewed as close to Vladimir Putin.