Former SBU general Andrei Naumov, who was sentenced in Serbia to a year in prison for money laundering, has been released.
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This was reported by the BBC with reference to confirmation received from the High Court of Nis.
It is noted that Naumov was released from a Serbian prison in early December. However, due to the consideration of the appeal against the verdict, his documents were confiscated and he was forbidden to leave the country.
He is not yet allowed to leave the country and location until the appeal process is completed, the court noted.
It is noted that Naumov’s lawyers filed a complaint against the decision to ban him from leaving Serbia, arguing that it was a threat to the client’s life, but the court did not satisfy it.
The Serbian court announced the decision in Naumov’s case on money laundering in September 2023. By that time, he had almost served his one-year sentence. Subsequently, both the defense and the prosecution filed appeals against this decision, and their consideration is ongoing.
Naumov’s lawyer Alexander Ovchinnikov, in a commentary to the BBC, said that during the consideration of the extradition case, the court established that there was a real threat to Naumov’s life, and he himself stated the dangers associated with staying in Serbia.
There are contradictions in the position of the same court, as well as in the actions aimed at isolating Andrei Naumov. Our team documents all violations in this process for further appeal to international authorities, the lawyer emphasized.
Source: BBC
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