The Sunday Slam, Part III: More Evidence of the Kremlin's Lies About its Constitution
La Russophobe has already explained in detail how the Kremlin is lying brazenly about the content of the Russian Constitution, claiming it prevents the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi for trial on charges of murdering dissident Alexander Litvinenko in London. Now lawyer Robert Amsterdam heaps yet more evidence on the pile:
The Former Secretary-General of the Council of Europe writes a letter to the Financial Times arguing that in fact Russia is legally able to extradite Andrei Lugovoi.
Article opens door to extradition of LugovoiFrom Prof Daniel Tarschys
Sir,
The claim that the Russian constitution prevents the extradition of the former Russian agent Andrei Lugovoi is contestable.
It is true that one article in its bill of rights and freedoms contains what seems to be a blanket guarantee against the extradition of Russian citizens, but a subsequent article opens the door for extradition of indicted persons on the basis of federal law or international treaty.
On December 10 1999, the Russian Federation ratified three international treaties on extradition (Council of Europe conventions ETS 024, 086 and 098).
The special reservations and declarations attached to these ratifications do not seem to vindicate the refusal to extradite Mr Lugovoi, but any objections to the UK request should at any rate be based on these texts rather than on the Russian constitution.
Daniel Tarschys,
Professor in Political Science,
University of Stockholm,
Stockholm, Sweden
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1 comment:
La Russophobe, the constitution lie, has been well expanded on and discussed, therefore we should look at what are the facts. It is clear that the extradition of Russian citizens is allowed under certain circumstances, it is also clear that extradition is barred if the crime that has taken place on foreign soil is not a crime in Russia, therefore the obvious conclusion is that this was an act that was undertaken using the law on extremism in Russia, therefore not a crime and in fact a state operation - that would make it unconstitutional to extradite Lugovoi. This shouldbe seen as what it is, the declaration of guilt by the Russian authorities - an act of war against a NATO country.
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