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© Presstv.comBank of Moscow’s former Chief Executive Officer Andrei Borodin.
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has submitted a request to Britain for the extradition of the former head of Bank of Moscow, who fled to the UK in 2011 after charges of embezzlement were brought against him.

"After determining the location in the United Kingdom of [Bank of Moscow's former Chief Executive Officer] Andrei Borodin, who was put on the international wanted list in November 2011, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office has promptly prepared and submitted a request for his extradition for criminal prosecution to the competent British authorities," Russia's Prosecutor General's Office spokeswoman Marina Gridneva said on Friday.

Borodin fled to Britain in April 2011 after a criminal case was opened against him and his former deputy Dmitry Akulinin in late 2010, accusing them of illegally lending USD 443 million to a number of companies.

The funds were then transferred to Yelena Baturina, the wife of Moscow's former mayor Yury Luzhkov. The long-time mayor, who had been in office since 1991, was then fired by Russian President Dimitry Medvedev in September 2010.

In February 2011, another case was filed against Borodin and Akulinin on charges of stealing over USD 225 million.