Kazakhstan to extradite suspected militant to Russia

08:56, 18 August 2010

MOSCOW. August 18. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan is extraditing a suspected militant to Russia. Surkho Dautov is accused of participating in an illegal paramilitary formation in the territory of Chechnya, an official at the Russian Prosecutor General's Office told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.

"It has been ascertained that Dautov was a participant in an armed group set up in 2002 with the view of carrying out acts of terrorism against government bodies and attacks on law-enforcement personnel.

"As a member of the gang, Dautov ferried gang members across Chechnya, as well as weapons, ammunition, bombs and foodstuffs," the official said.

Russia put him on the Interpol wanted list in August 2006. In April, he was detained in Kazakhstan.

The Russian Prosecutor General's office sent the extradition request to Kazakh colleagues in May 2010.

"As a result of a close and well-coordinated cooperation between the Russian Prosecutor General's Office and Kazakh law-enforcement bodies, a decision was made in June to meet the Russian extradition request," according to the official.

Agents of the Russian Penitentiary Service will accompany Surkho Dautov during his extradition to Russia later on Tuesday, ITAR-TASS reports.

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