Russia submitted to Interpol additional materials on Khodorkovsky – RBC

Prosecutor General of Russia intends to use all the mechanisms and procedures to declare ex-Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky is wanted by Interpol. In an interview with the newspaper “Izvestia” said the head of the Directorate for International Legal Cooperation of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation Sahak Karapetyan.

«We presented to Interpol additional materials for the purpose of Mikhail Khodorkovsky ads in search for channels of this international organization. We will use all existing mechanisms and procedures “, – he said

In December last year, Khodorkovsky was convicted in absentia in Russia for the murder of the Nefteyugansk mayor Vladimir Petukhov.. In February 2016 the Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika said that Russia would seek ad the former head of Yukos in the international wanted list through Interpol.

February 12, Interpol rejected the request for Russia to declare ex-Yukos CEO

Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the international search. As explained in the company, a request for an ad Khodorkovsky in the international search was made by the National Central Bureau (NCB) of Interpol in Moscow, which was sent directly to the rest of the participating countries. “After considering the request of the Interpol General Secretariat has established that he does not meet the rules of the organization. In this context, NCBs in Moscow was informed that Interpol channels can not be used for international police cooperation n on this matter, “- said the Interpol.