ArmInfo. Citizen of Russia Sergey Mironov will be taken into custody if Armenian Court adopts such decision. Piotr Shchukin, the head of the Consular Department of the Russian Embassy in Armenia, said in response to ArmInfo's question whether Mironov will be taken into custody if Armenia's Court of Appeal approves the protest of the Prosecutor General's Office against release of the Russian programmer that was put on the wanted list by U.S. government.
He said if documents on Mironov's extradition are received from U.S., the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation will adopt a decision on his repatriation.
"As far as I know, the Russian side has not received such documents. In case there are any, all the legal issues will be taken into account and the Russian side will either decide to arrest him or provide grounds for its refusal to do it," he said.
As for the actions of the Armenian law-enforcers, the head of the Consular Department said the Armenian law-enforcers acted efficiently and within the Armenian laws.
To recall, Russian citizen Sergey Mironov, 30, was detained at Zvartnots international airport in Armenia. The reports about his detention came on August 27 evening. According to the Armenian law- enforcers, he is on the international wanted list upon the U.S. request since May 11 2016. Mironov faces charges based on Articles 371 and 3155 of Chapter 18 of the US Criminal Code (preliminary agreement on violation of arms export controls), Paragraph b of Part 2 of Article 2778 of Chapter 22 and Paragraph c of Article 2 and 3551 of Chapter 18 (attempt to violate the law on the control of arms export), Subparagraphs h and a of Article 1956 of Chapter 18 and Article 3551 (preliminary agreement on money laundering), Part 2 of Paragraph a of Article 1956 of Chapter 18 and Article 3551 (money laundering). On August 29, the Armenian Court rejected the petition of the Prosecutor General's Office for temporary arrest of Sergey Mironov upon the request of U.S. and he was set free in the court hall. On August 31, he left the territory of Armenia and returned to Moscow. On September 7 Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia has disputed the Court's decision to release Russian programmer Sergey Mironov who is wanted by the U.S. government, according to the Prosecutor General's Office.