17/08/2019 12:07
Russian side rejects to extradite Mihran Poghosyan
Russia’s prosecutor’s office has rejected the petition of the Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s office to extradite former MP Mihran Poghosyan, press service of Prosecutor’s General office reports.
According to the statement, the granting of the aforesaid petition was not considered possible on the basis of the provisions of Article 19 of the Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters.
Under the abovementioned article, as grounds for refusing to seek legal aid in whole, or in part, is provided for cases where the provision of such assistance may undermine the sovereignty or security of the requested—in this specific case, discussing the extradition petition—or run counter to its legislation.