Poland will give Russia Ignatenko

The District Court of the Polish city of Nova Sonch decided to extradite to Russia the ex-prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko, the defendant of the case of underground casinos in the Moscow region, RIA Novosti reports. Ignatenko was arrested in early January in Poland. Earlier, the court extended the temporary arrest of Ignatenko for four months.

On Wednesday, the judge satisfied the request of the Russian Prosecutor General of Ignatenko. Now the ex-prosecutor has seven days to appeal the verdict. If the court of appeal supports the decision on extradition, the last word will be behind the Minister of Justice of Poland.

On December 4, the Polish court arrested Ignatenko, declared by Russia on the international wanted list.

The former deputy prosecutor of the Moscow Region was detained on January 1 at the Polish ski resort Zakopan. Ignatenko came there for two days to see his wife and child. The car stopped the car in which the Russian was on the exit from the city. During the detention, Ignatenko did not resist. In Poland, he used the Lithuanian passport.

Interpol received documents for Ignatenko’s announcement in November 2011. In the same month, Ignatenko’s announcement was approved by the Russian Prosecutor's Office of Russia. The Investigative Committee of Russia declared a former deputy prosecutor on the wanted list in July.

Alexander Ignatenko is one of the main defendants in the so -called "gambling". The investigation in the case was launched in February 2011 against businessman Ivan Nazarov. He was suspected of creating a network of underground casinos in the suburbs under the control of regional prosecutors and police. Ignatenko was fired from the prosecutor's office in April 2011. According to the investigation, he received about 47 million rubles for the protection of illegal casinos. Having become a defendant in the criminal case, Ignatenko disappeared abroad.