Brazilian justice officials said Thursday they can’t approve a U.S. request to extradite an alleged Russian spy, Sergey Cherkasov, because they have already been processing Moscow’s own request for him.
Brazil’s justice minister, Flávio Dino,
on Twitter that Cherkasov will remain imprisoned in Brazil for the time being. A Russian request for Cherkasov on allegations of drug trafficking had been conditionally approved by Brazil’s Supreme Court earlier this year, making Brazil. However, the Russian request is also pending Brazil’s own spying investigation into Cherkasov.Paulo Ferreira, one of Cherkasov’s lawyers, could not immediately be reached for comment Friday night.
The Justice Department’s March complaint alleges Cherkasov acted as a type of deep-cover Russian agent called an “illegal.” Such agents operate without any known link to their home government and often build elaborate false identities., a Brazilian citizen, but U.S. and Brazilian authorities say he was actually born in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Brazil denies U.S. extradition request for alleged Russian spy Sergey CherkasovBrazil has denied the United States' request to extradite alleged Russian spy Sergey Cherkasov, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and Public Security said.
Read more »
Brazil denies US extradition request for alleged Russian spyBrazil has denied the United States's request to extradite alleged Russian spy Sergey Cherkasov. Brazil's ministry said it had received two requests to extradite Cherkasov, one from the US and one from Russia, which it received first and plans to honor.
Read more »
Brazil refuses US request to extradite alleged Russian spy | CNNBrazilian authorities have declined a US request to extradite an alleged Russian spy, saying that he would eventually be sent to Russia instead.
Read more »
Silo blast in southern Brazil kills at least eight, one missingAt least eight people have died, one was missing and nearly a dozen others wounded after a grain silo explosion on Wednesday at an agricultural co-operative in southern Brazil, the government of Parana state said in a statement on Thursday.
Read more »