Russia said France protest because of the case winnik
The Russian Ambassador's residence in Paris protested because of the situation with ekstrudirovannyy from Greece Russian Alexander Vinnik. About it told in a conversation Last news the head of the diplomatic mission of Alexei Meshkov.
Winnik moved from Greece to France on January 23. By decision of the Paris court of a Russian citizen is obliged to be under arrest.
He added that the residence of the Ambassador conveyed to the French Ministry of justice the request of the Prosecutor General with a request to hold a relatively winnik inquiry on the criminal case initiated in Russia, to give the collected materials of the Russian office and to allow his staff to be present at proceedings in France.
currently, the Ambassador said that the investigating judge, pointing to the secrecy of the investigation, does not allow the head of the consular Department of the Embassy be present during the interrogation winnik.
As stated by the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, Moscow will demand from the authorities of France issuing winnik.
Specialist of information technology Alexander Vinnik were arrested in Greece on 25 July 2017 at the request of the USA, where it is blamed for creating the illegal exchange of cryptocurrencies, through which, As stated in the capital of the United States, laundered billions of dollars.
Give winnick asked and Russia. At the end of June 2018, a similar request sent to the Greek authorities in France, which accuses the Russians that He engaged in extortion and money-laundering on its territory from 1 January 2016 14 June 2018. By the time winnick for almost a year I was in a Greek prison.
French authorities believe that winnick is related To the email hacking of thousands of people. In the end, extortion attackers have received from 5, 7 thousands of victims 20, 643 thousand bitcoins (130 million euros). France believes that in this case operated a group of criminals, and winnick is important to investigate.
Himself a Russian citizen denies all charges. According to his statement, He had not violated neither American nor French law and is ready to stand trial in Russia.
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