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The fox was not allowed into the chicken coop
The representative of Russia lost the election of the head of Interpol
South Korean representative Kim Jong Yang has been chosen as the new president of Interpol. He will hold the post for two years.
Earlier, the representative of Russia, Major General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Prokopchuk, was called the main contender for the presidency of the organization, but he was opposed in the United States, Ukraine and Lithuania. The latter two countries have threatened to leave Interpol if Prokopchuk takes over. And a group of US senators issued a joint statement calling for Prokopchuk not to be elected: “The election of Major General Alexander Prokopchuk as the new president of Interpol is akin to the idea of putting a fox at the head of a chicken coop.”
Opponents of the Russian candidate pointed out that Moscow regularly abuses Interpol "to settle scores and persecute political opponents, dissidents and journalists."
Russian human rights activists also opposed the appointment of Prokopchuk.
“If a representative of Russia is elected to the position of the President of Interpol, this may lead to the fact that the abuse of providing a“ red warrant ”to arrest people who are in any country in order to avoid politically motivated persecution will increase. And the extradition (or even temporary detention) of the persecuted is actual complicity in the persecution, i.e. complicity in repressive politics,” says the open letter , which was signed by Lev Ponomarev, Executive Director of the Movement For Human Rights, Valery Borshchev, Head of the Social Partnership Foundation, Boris Altshuler, Chairman of the Right of the Child NGO, and Svetlana, Chairman of the Civic Assistance Committee Gannushkin.
“Intelligence has prevailed. The Kremlin tried to push its own. The one who for many years helped to persecute the opponents of the authorities and excuse "their own". He was even considered the "favorite" 4 days ago. It didn't work out. This is our common victory,” Mikhail Khodorkovsky commented on the election results.
Prokopchuk has served as the head of the National Central Bureau of Interpol of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation since June 14, 2011. Since November 10, 2016, he has been Vice President of Interpol. Kim Jong Yang served as acting president after the resignation of the previous head of the organization, Meng Hongwei, who was detained in his homeland, China, on suspicion of corruption.