Croatian Court Allows Extradition of Nord Stream Blast Suspect to Germany, Media Reports
German prosecutors say Vladimir Z. was part of a scuba-diving group behind the 2022 pipeline blasts that damaged Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2.
- A Croatian court ruled that Vladimir, a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blasts, can be extradited to Germany.
- German prosecutors allege Vladimir was a scuba diver part of the group responsible for the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream pipelines; he was arrested in Pula in August on a European arrest warrant.
- Because the pipelines terminate in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, German courts claim jurisdiction over the case; prosecutors previously charged another suspect, former Ukrainian officer Serhii K., who was transferred to Germany after his arrest in Italy.
- Lawyer Mykola Katerynchuk dismissed the ruling, made last week, as "biased and political," announcing plans to appeal; The County Court in Pula confirmed the decision without providing further details pending appeal.
- Described by Russia and Western countries as sabotage, the 2022 blasts damaged Nord Stream 1 and the unfinished Nord Stream 2 branch; both Vladimir and Serhii have denied any involvement in the explosions.
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A court in Pula, Croatia, has authorized the extradition to Germany of Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Zhuravlev, who is suspected of involvement in the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
Croatian court allows extradition of Nord Stream blast suspect to Germany, media reports
A Croatian court has ruled that a Ukrainian man suspected of being involved in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blasts can be extradited to Germany, Ukraine's Suspilne news portal reported on Thursday.
A court in the Croatian city of Pula has approved the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian citizen, who was taken into custody in August and is suspected in Berlin of complicity in the bombing of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.
A three-judge panel of the Pula District Court ruled that Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Zhuravlev can be extradited to Germany, where he is being investigated for his alleged involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in 2022. The decision was reported by the Croatian daily Večernje List. Zhuravlev was detained in Pula in August on a European arrest warrant issued by German authorities. According to German pros…
THE COURT IN PULA approved the extradition of Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Zhuravlov to Germany.
The Croatian court approved the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian suspected of complicity in the sabotage of the northern stream gas pipelines. The court of the Croatian city of Pula allowed the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian citizen arrested in August and transferred TASS to Berlin. In Berlin, a man was suspected of being involved in the bombing of the northern stream gas pipelines and the northern stream 2. The court found that all …
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