Interfax: Interpol will discuss Russia's request to put Khodorkovsky on the international wanted list in November

In November, Interpol will consider a Russian request to place the former head of the Yukos oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky on the international wanted list, an informed source told Interfax.

According to him, the organization will discuss this issue during a meeting in mid-November in Indonesia. “Interpol received from Moscow all the requested materials on this case in order to determine whether there are grounds for putting the ex-head of YUKOS on the international wanted list,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.

In April, an informed Interfax source already reported that Interpol was allegedly “ready to reconsider its position on the issue of putting Khodorkovsky on the international wanted list” and requested additional documents on his case. Then the organization stated that “there have been no changes in the status of the case since the request to put Khodorkovsky on the wanted list, issued by Russia, was found not to comply with the rules of the organization.”

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who lives in London, was charged in absentia in Russia with organizing the murder of Nefteyugansk mayor Vladimir Petukhov in 1998 and the assassination attempt on businessman Yevgeny Rybin in 1999. In February of this year, the Russian side put Khodorkovsky on the international wanted list and submitted a request to Interpol, but was refused because the criminal prosecution of the entrepreneur was considered politically motivated and in violation of the requirements of Article 3 of the organization’s charter.