Russia reacts to blogger Lapshin’s extradition to Azerbaijan

  08 February 2017    Read: 3445
Russia reacts to blogger Lapshin’s extradition to Azerbaijan
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement regarding the extradition of blogger Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan from Belarus.
AzVision.az presents the statement: “According to information available to us, on February 7, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus denied the appeal filed by Russian and Israeli citizen Alexander Lapshin against the decision of the Belarusian Prosecutor’s Office to extradite him to Azerbaijan. Moscow is deeply disappointed by this decision, which is in sharp contrast with the spirit of alliance between Russia and Belarus. Russia will take all necessary actions to protect the Russian citizen’s all legal interests and rights in order for him to be returned to his family soon.”

Blogger Lapshin was extradited to Azerbaijan from Belarus on Feb. 7.

Earlier, the Supreme Court of Belarus rejected the complaint filed by Lapshin’s lawyer regarding his extradition to Azerbaijan.

On Jan. 26, Alexei Stuk, deputy prosecutor general of Belarus, issued a ruling on Lapshin’s extradition to Azerbaijan. The Minsk City Court upheld this decision.

Lapshin, who holds Russian, Israeli, and Ukrainian citizenship, paid illegal visits to the occupied Azerbaijani territories in April 2011 and in October 2012, violating Azerbaijan’s laws on the state border and passports. He made statements against Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.

The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal case against him on articles 281.2 (public calls directed against the state) and 318.2 (illegal crossing border of the Azerbaijan Republic), and issued an international arrest warrant for him.

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