He is charged with murder, illegal weapons possession and belonging to an organized criminal group.

Myasnikov, 36, settled in the South American country in November of 2006.

He was arrested in July of 2011 when he was living in a suburb of Quito called Cumbayá and where he had a business trading in building materials.

In October 2011, an Ecuadorian court ruled Myasnikov could be released from custody and that he could await the results of his extradition hearings to Russia while he was free.