ArmInfo. The Armenian Court of Appeal refused to extradite Russian programmer Sergey Mironov to the U.S., rejecting the complaint of the Prosecutor General's Office about the decision of the first instance court to release the programmer wanted by the US authorities.
"Today I have been told that the decision of the general jurisdiction court of Kentron and Nork Marash administrative districts of Yerevan against Sergey Mironov has been declared legitimate," Mironov's lawyer Karen Nersisyan told Life.
To recall, Russian citizen Sergey Mironov, 30, was detained at Zvartnots international airport in Armenia on August 26. The reports about his detention came on August 27 evening. 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.