Ukraine has sent Russia a request for the extradition of ex-MP Shepelev
The chief Prosecutor's office of Ukraine appealed to the Prosecutor General of Russia with the request for extradition of the former Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Shepelev, which is blamed for the murder and embezzlement of public funds, reports the press service of the Ministry. "the chief Prosecutor's office of Ukraine by the European Convention on extradition of 1957 And the Convention on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters of 1993 3 April appealed to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation with a request for extradition of the former people's Deputy of Ukraine Oleksandr Shepelev ", - reported in the report on the Internet office of the Ministry.
"Shepelev wanted for the conduct of a number of serious and particularly serious crimes, among them the organization of murder, attempted murder, misappropriation and embezzlement through abuse of his official position, escape from custody. 19. 03. 2015 was seized in the Russian Federation within the Metropolitan region, " according to the report. First of Odintsovo court of the Moscow region finished in custody until April 28, the former Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Shepelev. A former Deputy of the people's Deputy of Ukraine Shepelev was declared in the international search, in relation to him was opened criminal proceedings on suspicion of theft of state funds on a large scale and attempted murder. Shepelev was found and detained in Hungary. The authorities of that state refused Shepeleva in the granting of refugee status and was extradited to Ukraine. Later Shepelev, which the court decided to detain, fled from Kiev city clinical emergency hospital, where he was under the protection of workers escort regiment Kyiv SIZO. on 20 March the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine received official confirmation from the Russian capital on detention Shepeleva on the territory of the Russian Federation.