A refugee from Uzbekistan, suspected by the Uzbek side of religious extremism, was arrested in Novosibirsk
On August 18, 2010, at the request of Uzbekistan, a refugee from this country, Bobirjon Tukhtamurodov, was arrested in Novosibirsk. The representative of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation said that the decision on extradition would be made by the Prosecutor General's Office in Moscow. The Uzbek authorities insist that he is a religious extremist and is part of a group that spreads the teachings of Said Nursi. B.