Ibragim Makhmudov, center, sits behind bars before a session in the military court in Moscow,... 
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Other evidence offered by prosecutors at Tuesday's hearing included a large map they stapled to a wall of the courtroom showing where they say they believe Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov were when Politkovskaya was shot. Photographs of the three brothers were pinned to the map.
Musayev objected vigorously, saying the map reflected nothing but the prosecutors' claims about the location of the suspects. "It is not proof. I hope and I pray that the jury did not take it as proof," Musayev said.
Judge Yevgeny Zubov overruled the objection and allowed the evidence.
Prosecutors have based their statements about the suspects' whereabouts at the time of the killing on video footage and telephone records.
The records allegedly showed Dzhabrail and Rustam Makhmudov to have been near the Politkovskaya's apartment building at the time. Prosecutors have said three nearby cellular phone masts pinpointed their position to within a few dozen meters (yards) of the building.
Musayev contended that the masts were incapable of locating phone users that accurately.
The third defendant charged with murder is Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, a former police officer accused of organizing the slaying. Authorities say the trial is being held at a military court because a fourth defendant, Pavel Ryaguzov, is a former security service officer.
Ryaguzov is not charged in Politkovskaya's killing but is being tried together with Khadzhikurbanov because the two share alleged criminal links.
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