Poland "in the near future" will give out Russia ex-prosecutor general Ignatenko

The former first deputy prosecutor of the Moscow Region, Alexander Ignatenko, detained in the south of Poland, will soon be issued to Russia. This was stated by the Minister of Justice of the Republic Yaroslav Govin at a press conference in the city of Inovrotslav (Kuyavsko-Pomor Voivodeship).

“In the near future, this person will be transferred to the Russian prosecutor's office,” he said, emphasizing that “he will be able to judge only by some of the charges,” ITAR -TASS reports. “On these conditions, Ignatenko will be issued to Russia,” Govin added.

According to the minister, the decision on extradition was made by his department after receiving guarantees from the Russian side that all the Polish conditions regarding the scope of responsibility and punishments that can be applied to the former prosecutor will be fulfilled.

It is not yet reported when it is Ignatenko to be transferred to Moscow.

The former first deputy prosecutor of the Moscow Region takes place in Russia accused in the case of the protection of illegally operating in the Moscow region to gambling business.

Note that this case is currently falling apart . The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation seeks the recognition of the arrests of all his defendants illegal. All prosecutors involved in the scandal, with the exception of Ignatenko, have already been released.

He was put on the wanted list through Interpol on charges of fraud and receiving bribes of 47 million rubles from the alleged organizers of the illegal business.

On the evening of January 1, 2012, the ex-prosecutor was detained by employees of the Poland Internal Security Agency on the exit from the resort city of Zakopan, where he arrived a few days before to meet his family.

In Poland in the case of Alexander Ignatenko, five court hearings were held. The most important of them, held on March 7 in the Court of Appeal, ended with a verdict that was not subject to appeal, allowing the Polish authorities to issue a detainee of Russia, but the final decision, according to Polish laws, was to be adopted by the Ministry of Justice.

On the basis of the documents received from Moscow, the Polish department came to the conclusion that "part of the charges submitted in the request for extradition and not related to bribery, is based on already invalid legal norms."

Due to these doubts, the decision to issue a Russian has been made for so long.

In anticipation of extradition, Alexander Ignatenko spent almost a year in the Polish prison. On the fifth of October, the District Court in the city of Novova-Sonch decided to extend his arrest until February 9, 2013.