Belarus Supreme Court Upholds Lapshin’s Extradition

Alexander Lapshin

MINSK, Belarus””The Supreme Court of Belarus ruled on Tuesday to uphold the prosecutor’s decision to extradite travel blogger Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan.

Lapshin””who holds Russian and Israeli citizenship””was detained on December 15 by Belarusian authorities by Baku’s request for visiting the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic  in 2011, 2012, and 2016.

The Belarus Prosecutor’s Office decided on January 18 to extradite Lapshin. His appeal against the decision was denied by the Minsk Court on January 26.

The Artsakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on the February 7 decision of the Belarusian Supreme Court, saying that it is a “flagrant”