Lawyer arrested in Greece Russian citizen Evgeny Kalinin Yannis Rahiotis commented on the situation with his client. According Rahiotisa, the fact of the arrest in the energy expert at the request of a third country - Ukraine - has all the signs of a lack of respect for the Greek and international legislation.
Recall, that the Russian was arrested at Athens airport 28 February. Greek police as a base called pitch corresponding request Ukraine in organs INTERPOL. We are talking about the request the issuance of an arrest warrant.
Now it turns out, that Interpol Secretary General has not approved the Ukrainian request, and, respectively, no warrant (the so-called "red warrant") arrest warrant issued by Interpol Evgeny Kalinin was not.
Russians lawyer says, that the Greek law enforcement obviously ran ahead, when dared to arrest a foreign citizen does not in fact obtain a warrant, but only upon the request of Ukraine for the issuance of such a document.
meanwhile, known, that Evgeny Kalinin signed in Athens in custody for 40 days to conduct the necessary proceedings. Yannis Rahiotis notes, that in this way the Athenian prosecutors showed virtually willfulness, since there is not even an extradition request.
Evgeny Kalinin previously resided in Ukraine. After the events on the Maidan, he went to Russia and took a job at a major Russian company. In Kiev, Kalinin decided to accuse of causing economic damage because of the alleged duty-free import of fuel in Odessa. AT 2017 in the Ukraine it was decided to call in for questioning, but by that time already a citizen of Russia it was not.
Lawyer Evgeny Kalinin Kiev called a paper about the criminal case brought against energy specialist scandalous advocacy.
