The Pskov regional court is taking a break in the hearings of Eston Kohver, the staffer of the Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS) charged with espionage, possession and smuggling of firearm and illegal border crossing by the Russian authorities, and the next hearing is to take place on Aug. 7 at 11 a.m.
The hearings continued on Tuesday and the next one is to take place on Friday morning at 11 a.m.
The hearings which started at the end of July are held behind closed doors and Estonian journalists are barred from the courtroom.
The ISS said on Sept. 5, 2014 that a member of their staff had been deprived of his freedom on Estonian territory near the checkpoint of Luhamaa on the Estonian-Russian border and taken to Russia by unidentified individuals coming from Russia at 9 a.m. that morning. The security agent, who was performing official duties related to the prevention of cross-border crime, was taken to Russia at gunpoint using physical force. The abduction was preceded by interference of operational radio communication and use of a smoke grenade from the direction of Russia.
Kohver was held in the Lefortovo prison of Moscow until his transfer to Pskov for the trial.