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22.01.2021, 15:36
The Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Responded to Interpol s Request for the Extradition of Russians Due to the Explosion in Beirut
OREANDA-NEWS. As reported to RIA Novosti in the Prosecutor General s Office of the Russian Federation, the owner of the Rhosus vessel Igor Grechushkin and Captain Boris Prokoshev, whose arrest warrant was issued by Interpol in the case of the explosion in the port of Beirut, are not subject to detention in Russia and extradition to the competent authorities of foreign states.
The department, in response to a corresponding request from the agency, said that “The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation did not receive requests from the competent authorities of foreign states for extradition and legal assistance in relation to I.V. Grechushkin and B.N.Prokoshev. As they are both citizens of the Russian Federation, they are not subject to extradition to another state, as well as detention on the terri