27 Jan 2014 12:34

Charges filed against Russian citizen Miftakhov in U.S. are serious - Russian foreign ministry official

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The charges filed by the U.S. authorities against Russian citizen Vladislav Miftakhov are serious and an official notice about his detention will be submitted to Russian diplomats in the U.S. on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry's envoy on human rights, democracy and supremacy of law Konstantin Dolgov said.

"The Russian citizen is charged with very serious crimes, including the storage of weapons of mass destruction, prohibited weapons, ignition devices, etc.," he told a briefing in Moscow, responding to a question from an Interfax correspondent.

"The U.S. authorities promised to give us an official notice on the Russian citizen's detention today, on January 27," the diplomat said.