MOSCOW. Nov 16 (Interfax-AVN) - Moscow believes that the signing of a memorandum on mutual understanding between the Russian and British prosecution authorities would help more promptly resolve problems surrounding extradition, including that of prominent businessman Boris Berezovsky and Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev, who currently reside in London.
"After signing this memorandum, we will be able to contact our British counterparts more easily and quickly and bring up issues related to extradition, including that of the individuals in question [Berezovsky and Zakayev]," Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Zvyagintsev, who signed the document on cooperation in London on Wednesday, said in an interview published in the Thursday issue of Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
"The extradition requests related to them are still on the table," Zvyagintsev said.
"I believe the signing of the memorandum will also help us combat terrorism and transnational crime jointly and more effectively," he said.