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- 11 November 2015, 10:48
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
Today, on November 11, 2015, the competent authorities of the Republic of Finland extradited to Russia the Russian citizen Kirill Soloviev at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation.
Investigation authorities accuse him of committing a crime under Part 4 Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed by an organized group in an especially large scale), as well as Part 3 Article 30 and Part 4 Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted fraud committed by an organized group in an especially large scale).
A criminal case against Mr. Soloviev is now being examined by the General Investigative Department of the General Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
According to investigators, from January 19, 2012 to May 5, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Mr. Soloviev committed the theft of funds from the federal budget as part of an organized group by illegal compensation of a value added tax totaling over 947 million roubles.
Given the fact that Mr. Soloviev fled from prosecution, he was put on the federal wanted list in November, 2014, and in November, 2014 – on the international wanted list.
In connection with the establishment of his location on the territory of Finland, in July 2015, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation submitted to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Finland the request for his extradition, which was satisfied in October, 2015.
Today, Mr. Soloviev is extradited to Russia accompanied by employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia and the Russian Bureau of Interpol.
Earlier, at the requests of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, his two accomplices have been extradited to Russia by the competent authorities of Finland and Lithuania.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
11 November 2015, 10:48
On Extradition to Russia from Finland of Citizen of Russian Federation Kirill Soloviev Accused of Fraud
Today, on November 11, 2015, the competent authorities of the Republic of Finland extradited to Russia the Russian citizen Kirill Soloviev at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation.
Investigation authorities accuse him of committing a crime under Part 4 Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed by an organized group in an especially large scale), as well as Part 3 Article 30 and Part 4 Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted fraud committed by an organized group in an especially large scale).
A criminal case against Mr. Soloviev is now being examined by the General Investigative Department of the General Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
According to investigators, from January 19, 2012 to May 5, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Mr. Soloviev committed the theft of funds from the federal budget as part of an organized group by illegal compensation of a value added tax totaling over 947 million roubles.
Given the fact that Mr. Soloviev fled from prosecution, he was put on the federal wanted list in November, 2014, and in November, 2014 – on the international wanted list.
In connection with the establishment of his location on the territory of Finland, in July 2015, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation submitted to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Finland the request for his extradition, which was satisfied in October, 2015.
Today, Mr. Soloviev is extradited to Russia accompanied by employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia and the Russian Bureau of Interpol.
Earlier, at the requests of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, his two accomplices have been extradited to Russia by the competent authorities of Finland and Lithuania.
