Russian historian imprisoned pending trial for grisly murder A Russian court orders the two-month pre-trial detention in prison of a historian who confessed to murdering and dismembering his 24-year-old girlfriend and former student Anastasia Yeshchenkoas as calls grow for an investigation into his alleged abuse of female students. Oleg Sokolov, a prominent expert on Napoleon, was hauled out of the icy Moika River on Saturday with a backpack containing a woman's arms. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES