. France extradites former Minister of Finance of the government of the Metropolitan region, said the press service of the Prosecutor General. They suspect him of ten counts of fraud, three counts of embezzlement and nine episodes of illegal permissions property. The consequence considers that the former official has caused harm to utilities and organizations "mosobltrastinvest" in the amount of 14 billion roubles. Official representative SK of Russia Svetlana Petrenko said that after the procedural action is Kuznetsova will be sent to the court. Since December 2013 the case for the extradition of Kuznetsov was considered by the courts of Appeal of AIX-EN-Provence, and then Lyon. In the hearings took part the representative of the Prosecutor General of Russia. by the end of 2017 the decree on His extradition was signed by the Prime Minister of France. by the end of 2018, the state Council of the French Republic rejected Kuznetsov filed a complaint for extradition to the Russian Federation. <span style="color:darkgray