Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Russia has sent to Interpol for a new package of documents to Khodorkovsky – RBC

The former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky,

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The Russian law enforcers sent to Interpol new documents against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the source said” Interfax “. According to him, the documents relating to the case of the murder of the mayor of Nefteyugansk

Russian authorities sent Interpol the new package of documents on the charge of ex-Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s involvement in the murder of Nefteyugansk Mayor Vladimir Petukhov. This was reported by a source familiar with the situation of the agency “Interfax»

«In agreement with the General Secretariat of Interpol in Lyon investigation forwarded materials on this resonant case,” – said the agency. He added that “most likely, the received documents will be enough” for a new consideration of the international search warrant for Khodorkovsky.

April 25 informed the agency “Interfax” reported on the possible revision of the Interpol decision to refuse to declare the former head of Yukos in the international search. Source govoil that an international organization supposedly requested additional materials on the murder of the mayor of Nefteyugansk, by which Russia declared Khodorkovsky wanted.

Commenting on this message, the official representative of the Prosecutor General Alexander Smoking also said that representatives of Interpol Headquarters “expressed their willingness to revisit the issue of international Khodorkovsky wanted in the case of any additional materials in the case of Petukhov’s murder.

on the same day a press luzhba Interpol headquarters in Lyon prompted, RBC reported that the General secretariat did not request that Russia is no additional information associated with Khodorkovsky. “The status of the case there had been no change since that time, as Khodorkovsky’s ad request to the wanted list issued by Russia, was found not relevant rules of the organization”, – stated in the reply

Russian request to Interpol to classified Khodorkovsky. wanted was rejected in February this year. The General Secretariat then came to the conclusion that the request does not comply with the rules of the organization, and encouraged countries – participants of the organization not to make the ex-head of Yukos in the national database on wanted list. At the headquarters of Interpol appealed in this case to Article 3 of the Charter of the Organization, which “prohibits taking any actions of political, military, religious or racial character».

Khodorkovsky, as reported by RBC his representative Küllo Pispanen, lives in the UK, with which Russia does not have an agreement on mutual extradition, therefore, Interpol is the only mechanism by which Russia can achieve Khodorkovsky return.

The mayor of Nefteyugansk Petukhov was shot June 26, 1998. In 2007, convicted of murder has been recognized by the head of the internal economic security department of YUKOS Aleksey Pichugin, who is now serving a life sentence.

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