MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Interpol may return to reviewing an inquest to place ex-Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky on the international wanted list if Russia prepares the needed materials, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office’s spokesman said Monday.
“Among the topics raised was the issue of the grounds for the Interpol central office’s refusal to place M. Khodorkovsky on the international wanted list, who is suspected in organizing the murder of the Nefteyugansk mayor in June 1998. Representatives from Interpol headquarters expressed their readiness to return to reviewing this request if Moscow prepares a package of additional materials on this case,” Alexander Kurennoy said.
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.
