U.S. extradites accused of kidnapping and beating daughter to Russia
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Alexei Smirnov, accused of kidnapping and abusing his young daughter for six months in 2019, was extradited from the United States to Russia on March 28.
The United States has extradited to Russia Alexei Smirnov, who is accused of kidnapping his young daughter in 2019 and ill-treating her for six months. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press center of the Russian Interior Ministry. According to them, the man, who was on the international wanted list, was taken to Moscow on March 28, UNN reports .
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Today, as a result of a successful set of operational measures, officers of the Interpol National Central Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia brought to Moscow Alexei Smirnov, who was on the international wanted list on charges of torturing his minor daughter
In August 2019, Aleksey Smirnov, who lived in the Khabarovsk region, took his daughter to an art class but did not return. Later it turned out that he had taken her to South Korea without warning the child's mother, his ex-wife Olesya Smirnova. From there, he came to the United States. In February 2020, with the assistance of the Khabarovsk region authorities, the child was returned to Russia. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, during these six months, Alexei Smirnov systematically beat, insulted and humiliated his daughter.
