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Moscow's Khodorkovsky Interpol Request Is No Guarantee of Extradition

© AP Photo / Ivan SekretarevMikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, speaks during a webcast conference in London, and is seen on a TV screen in Open Russia movement office in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, speaks during a webcast conference in London, and is seen on a TV screen in Open Russia movement office in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Russia’s request for Interpol to place Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky on its international wanted list does not guarantee that the intergovernmental police organization will circulate a directive among its member states to extradite the suspect, a source knowledgeable about the process told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

Former head of YUKOS oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky - Sputnik International
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Russia Sends Interpol Request to Place Khodorkovsky on Wanted List
MOSCOW (Sputnik) The Russian Interior Ministry said earlier on Thursday that it had asked Interpol’s Secretary General to place Khodorkovsky on its international wanted list. The informed source clarified that Khodorkovsky is wanted on charges that fall under three articles of the Criminal Code, including murder, criminal complicity and attempted crime.

"A number of formalities are required for an actual search within the framework of the international organization to begin. Firstly, Russia’s notification of other member states as reported today. Second, the General Secretariat should approve the decision without blocking it for political reasons, for example," the source said.

The source stressed that Interpol’s constitution forbids the organization from political, military, religious or race-related interference to maintain neutrality. That is why the General Secretariat headquartered in Lyons reviews high-profile wanted list requests individually and has veto power in its decision, the source added.

"In any case, the detaining party issues its decision to extradite based on its own legislation," the source stressed.

Khodorkovsky, the former owner of the now-defunct Yukos oil company, was placed on the wanted list in Russia last December after a Russian court charged him with organizing the 1998 murder of Nefteyugansk town mayor.

A former chief of security at Yukos was convicted of planning Mayor Vladimir Petukhov’s murder.

Khodorkovsky's lawyer said last month witnesses testified at a Moscow court that the businessman was complicit in Petukhov's death.

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