Media: Serbia refuses to extradite fugitive SBU ex-general to Ukraine.

A court in the Serbian city of Nis rejected the request to extradite fugitive Andrii Naumov, the former head of the internal security department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to his home country, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported[1] on July 12. The outlet wrote that the case was sent for further consideration by the Court of Appeals without any deadline for a new decision. In Ukraine, Naumov is suspected of abuse of power in an official position, fraud, and causing losses to the state of more than Hr 3.2 million (£87,000), RFE/RL clarified.

The suspect left[2] the country on Feb.

23, 2022, just hours before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He was then arrested by Serbian border guards in June on money laundering charges while trying to cross the border to North Macedonia. In their appeal to the Serbian courts, Ukrainian prosecutors promised that the former SBU officer will be returned to Serbia to face the charges there after serving his sentence at home.

SBU: Ukrainian lawmaker received £50,000 from foreigner in exchange for help with avoiding extradition

A member of Ukraine's parliament was charged with fraud after promising a foreigner his assistance in avoiding extradition for £50,000, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reported on June 30.

News Editor

Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer.

Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

References

1. ^ reported (www.radiosvoboda.org)
2. ^ left (kyivindependent.com)
3. ^ SBU: Ukrainian lawmaker received £50,000 from foreigner in exchange for help with avoiding extraditionA member of Ukraine's parliament was charged with fraud after promising a foreigner his assistance in avoiding extradition for £50,000, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reported on June 30. (kyivindependent.com)