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- 28 November 2009, 17:14
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
Today, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of Belgium are extraditing to Russia Vakha Dzhamaldinov, a citizen of the Russian Federation.
The investigation bodies accuse him of the crime, defined in Article 161 (2 "d") (robbery) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
It was established that in December 2001 Vakha Dzhamaldinov, a national of the Russian Federation, in the Paveletsky railway station in the city of Moscow, by making threats to apply force, openly stole money from two citizens.
In August 2007 an international search for Dzhamaldinov was announced, and in October 2007 he was detected in the territory of Belgium, after which the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation forwarded a request for his extradition to the competent authorities of Belgium by
However Dzhamaldinov was granted a refugee status in Belgium.
As a result of repeated applications of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the Belgian authorities cancelled this status of a refugee as granted without grounds, i.e. in violation of the Convention on the status of refugees, dated July 28, 1951. For two years the Prosecutor General's Office had been conducting this work and in November 2009 the competent authorities of Belgium adopted a decision to extradite Dzhamaldinov to Russia.
Thus, owing to the firm stance of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, and in cooperation with the authorities of Belgium, for the first time in the extradition practice of Russia, the status of a refugee was cancelled as it had been granted to the person who was did not qualify for it.
This is an good example showing that the countries of the European Union have begun to correctly assess the actions of the persons who are charged with crimes and who are trying to avoid responsibility for their actions, on the pretext of alleged political prosecution of them by the Russian authorities.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
28 November 2009, 17:14
Extradition of Mr Vakha Dzhamaldinov, a citizen of the Russian Federation, who is accused of robbery, to Russia from Belgium
Today, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of Belgium are extraditing to Russia Vakha Dzhamaldinov, a citizen of the Russian Federation.
The investigation bodies accuse him of the crime, defined in Article 161 (2 "d") (robbery) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
It was established that in December 2001 Vakha Dzhamaldinov, a national of the Russian Federation, in the Paveletsky railway station in the city of Moscow, by making threats to apply force, openly stole money from two citizens.
In August 2007 an international search for Dzhamaldinov was announced, and in October 2007 he was detected in the territory of Belgium, after which the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation forwarded a request for his extradition to the competent authorities of Belgium by
However Dzhamaldinov was granted a refugee status in Belgium.
As a result of repeated applications of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the Belgian authorities cancelled this status of a refugee as granted without grounds, i.e. in violation of the Convention on the status of refugees, dated July 28, 1951. For two years the Prosecutor General's Office had been conducting this work and in November 2009 the competent authorities of Belgium adopted a decision to extradite Dzhamaldinov to Russia.
Thus, owing to the firm stance of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, and in cooperation with the authorities of Belgium, for the first time in the extradition practice of Russia, the status of a refugee was cancelled as it had been granted to the person who was did not qualify for it.
This is an good example showing that the countries of the European Union have begun to correctly assess the actions of the persons who are charged with crimes and who are trying to avoid responsibility for their actions, on the pretext of alleged political prosecution of them by the Russian authorities.
