Moscow says Russian citizen Seleznyov's detention on Maldives is U.S. unfriendly step
MOSCOW. July 8 (Interfax) - Moscow has called an unfriendly step the detention on the Maldives of Russian citizen Roman Seleznyov whom the United States wants to prosecute.
"We view this incident as another unfriendly step of Washington. This is not the first time that the U.S. side has ignored the 1999bilateral treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal cases and actually abducted a Russian citizen. For instance, this has happened to Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko who were taken to the United States by force from third countries and convicted on doubtful counts," says a commentary posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry website.
"The Russian diplomats are taking the utmost efforts to find out details of the detention of R. Seleznyov and his soonest return to the home country. We are insisting that the U.S. give coherent explanations about the incident, strictly observe the rights of the Russian citizen and give a consular access to him," the ministry said.