ArmInfo.Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin opposed the politicization of the issue of persons under investigation in Armenia on Russian territory.
At the press conference on December 24, the ambassador noted that those involved in criminal cases in Armenia are leaving not only to Russia, but also to other countries, and he personally would not have identified Russia in this regard. As for the extradition or non-extradition of accused to Armenian law enforcement authorities, here Kopirkin called not to politicize this issue, since it is in the legal plane and is being resolved at the level of relevant structures. he said. Earlier it was reported that, in particular, the former Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg Kostanyan and the former head of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, Mikayel Harutyunyan, , as well as former Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer of Judicial Acts Mihran Poghosyan, who is involved in the case of especially large-scale money laundering. At the same time, Armenian law enforcement officials formally appealed to the relevant Russian structures demanding the extradition of the accused to Armenia.