General Prosecutor’s Office released Interpol position on Khodorkovsky – RBC

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Prosecutor General’s Office has declared its readiness to return to the Interpol on the international wanted list Khodorkovsky admission of additional materials. Earlier, media reported this, and representative of a businessman called “an injection of»

Prosecutor General of Interpol released Khodorkovsky’s position. Interpol is ready to change its position on the international wanted list, Mikhail Khodorkovsky for admission of additional materials on the murder of the Nefteyugansk mayor from Russia. About it “Interfax” the official representative of the Prosecutor General Alexander Kurennoj.

Earlier on Monday of a possible review of the decision of the Interpol said an anonymous source, “Interfax”. Press office of the Interpol headquarters in Lyon, has not yet provided comments on RBC’s request.

«Representatives of the headquarters of Interpol expressed readiness to resume consideration of this issue in the event that Moscow will prepare a package of additional materials to the specified case “, – the official representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office said. We are talking about the criminal case of the murder of the Nefteyugansk mayor Vladimir Petukhov in June 1998.

According to the smoking, the issue was discussed at a meeting of the Interpol Working Group, which was attended by the delegation of authorities. “The Russian side has shown a willingness to use legal approach to the solution of all problems in cooperation with the international organization”, – he said

In February this year, Interpol rejected a Russian request for an ad Khodorkovsky wanted.. In late March the head of the Directorate for International Legal Cooperation of the Prosecutor General Sahak Karapetyan said that Russia provided to Interpol additional materials.

On Monday, a source of “Interfax”, familiar with the situation said that Interpol “is ready to reconsider its position “on the international wanted list Khodorkovsky for the murder of the mayor of Nefteyugansk, which has asked the Russian side to provide additional materials. The interviewee noted that the agreement was reached as a result of negotiations with representatives of Interpol. “The Russian side assured that it will forward to France the requested documents in the near future”, – said the source

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