The United States considers the possibility of extradition of Bout from the report of NGOs
U.S. Attorney General is considering the possibility of extradition to Russia are in U.S. prisons, Russian Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko, the report says the director of the international non-governmental organization Conflict Awareness Project Kathi Lynn Austin. However, she expressed concern that the extradition of Bout would threaten world security and U.S. interests.
Austin spoke at the UN Conference on the fields of international arms trade treaty, presenting the results of a six-week investigation into the network of illegal arms shipments involving two Russian citizens on the island of Mauritius.
"When we conducted the investigation, we learned that Attorney General Eric Holder is considering returning to Russia, Viktor Bout, along with other arms and drugs smuggler Konstantin Yaroshenko" - the report says Austin, presented to journalists in the UN headquarters on Tuesday.
"Allow Bout to be passed would create a threat to Russia as to international peace and security and for U.S. interests," - noted in the text.
Russian Ministry of Justice has not yet produced the documents necessary for transfer of Victor Bout, who was convicted in the United States to 25 years in prison, told reporters before the head of the ministry, Alexander Konovalov. According to him, still under negotiation through diplomatic channels.Booth was sentenced in U.S. jail on charges of conspiring to sell weapons Colombian leftist group "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia" (FARC), in which leaders posed as employees of U.S. intelligence. Russians caught in a network of bogus U.S. intelligence operations, pleaded not guilty.
Yaroshenko sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of conspiring to smuggle into the United States large quantities of cocaine, as a result of bogus intelligence operations.
Austin previously worked under contract with the UN expert on arms smuggling protivodeystvtiyu.
U.S. Attorney General is considering the possibility of extradition to Russia are in U.S. prisons, Russian Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko, the report says the director of the international non-governmental organization Conflict Awareness Project Kathi Lynn Austin. However, she expressed concern that the extradition of Bout would threaten world security and U.S. interests.
Austin spoke at the UN Conference on the fields of international arms trade treaty, presenting the results of a six-week investigation into the network of illegal arms shipments involving two Russian citizens on the island of Mauritius.
"When we conducted the investigation, we learned that Attorney General Eric Holder is considering returning to Russia, Viktor Bout, along with other arms and drugs smuggler Konstantin Yaroshenko" - the report says Austin, presented to journalists in the UN headquarters on Tuesday.
"Allow Bout to be passed would create a threat to Russia as to international peace and security and for U.S. interests," - noted in the text.
Russian Ministry of Justice has not yet produced the documents necessary for transfer of Victor Bout, who was convicted in the United States to 25 years in prison, told reporters before the head of the ministry, Alexander Konovalov. According to him, still under negotiation through diplomatic channels.Booth was sentenced in U.S. jail on charges of conspiring to sell weapons Colombian leftist group "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia" (FARC), in which leaders posed as employees of U.S. intelligence. Russians caught in a network of bogus U.S. intelligence operations, pleaded not guilty.
Yaroshenko sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of conspiring to smuggle into the United States large quantities of cocaine, as a result of bogus intelligence operations.
Austin previously worked under contract with the UN expert on arms smuggling protivodeystvtiyu.
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