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Contract killing UFC vet bailed out after cancer diagnosis

UFC veteran Amar Suloev has been released from prison on 3 million ruble bail after being diagnosed with Stage 4 stomach cancer.

Oleg V. Volkov, presiding judge at the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov, took his seat at the raised bench overlooking the defendants he had repeatedly seen over the past year. Tall, stern, and chillingly serious, Volkov sat with perfect posture, eyes directed at Sergei Zirinov, a Krasnodar parliamentarian and member of the Legislative Assembly on trial for the alleged murders of of various political figures. Zirinov, along with five other defendants, were charged with "banditry, murder and arms trafficking.