The Ministry of justice may send US a return request Yaroshenko to Russia, write media

The Russian Ministry of justice may write to the American authorities with the request about the transfer of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko from the United States to serve his term at home, writes the newspaper " Izvestia ".

The decision was made In cooperation with the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the request is expected to send after April 20.

they say that the program of the transfer of prisoners to the country of nationality " are designed for prisoners who have difficulty in serving time away From home ". So, Yaroshenko falls under this program due to serious issues with health.

"If you look at past attempts to bring me in consequence of my petition, all 3 times I was denied. However, the last time we waited more than seven months. Then the head of the Department of international transfers Paula Wolfe himself was denied my return to the Russian Federation ", - noticed Yaroshenko in conversation with " Izvestia ".

Yaroshenko declared illegal in the United States in 2011, 20 years of imprisonment in prison of General regime on charges of planning a conspiracy to delivery of a large consignment of drugs on American soil. In the USA the citizen of Russia was brought from Liberia, where he was arrested at the end of may 2010.

in April 2016, the court of appeals of new York denied Yaroshenko in the revision of the sentence. The appeal to the Supreme court of the United States, he would not. A citizen of Russia in the last month of summer 2018 for the first time in 7 years was found with own family: his wife and daughter arrived in the United States and visited him in prison.



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