FOREIGN MINISTRY DEMANDS EXTRADITION OF RUSLAN GELAEV.

On March 26, it was reported that the Russian Foreign Ministry had sent a note to the Georgian Embassy in Moscow demanding the immediate arrest and extradition to Russia of Chechen field commander Ruslan Gelaev “for immediate prosecution” (Interfax, March 26). The Georgian embassy in Moscow told Interfax: “If Gelaev really is in Georgia, and if the Georgian prosecutors have documents confirming his guilt, he must undoubtedly be detained and extradited to Russia.” It was also noted by embassy personnel that “Georgia had asked Russia on many occasions to detain and extradite the former chief of the Georgian Security Service Igor Giorgadze,” who is on Interpol’s list of most wanted criminals (AVN Military News Agency, March 26). At the present time, Giorgadze lives openly in Moscow.