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How to Get Rid of Your Political Opponents: Send the Interpol After Them
Posted December 7, 2004 – 1:08 pm by Yakov Shafranovich in PoliticsTwo newsites (RIA and Lenta.ru) reported today that Russia has asked Interpol to declare Yulia Timoshenko, a very popular member of the Ukraine’s opposition, a fugitive. It is well known that Russia opposses the Ukraine opposition since it is pro-Western. But to resort to such dirty tricks in public by sending the Interpol after them? That’s takes it to a new low.
UPDATE: The Russian press is reporting that the entry has been removed from Interpol’s website at the request of the United States. Supposedly, the US invoked a section in Interpol’s constitution that forbids any member country from using political motives for listing fugitives.
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