21:26, 19 January 2007

Great Britain: Russia will hardly have Zakaev extradited

Russia will have more difficulties to achieve a reconsideration of requests on extradition of the Russians who were granted asylum in Great Britain. This was stated on January 18 by spokesmen of the Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales at a meeting with journalists. Answering a question about a possible fate of new requests on extradition of businessman Boris Berezovskiy and the emissary of the Chechen separatists Ahmed Zakaev, Mr. Ken McDonald, head of the Crown Prosecution Service, reminded that both Russians were granted asylum in Great Britain.

Ahmed Zakaev, emissary and minister for foreign affairs of the self-proclaimed "Republic of Ichkeria," resides in London since December 5, 2002, where he arrived from Denmark, which had refused to give him out to Russia, since found the documents submitted by the Russian party insufficient. Since then, Russia it trying to get Mr. Zakaev extradited from Britain.