Ombudswoman: Georgia must not extradite Ukrainian combatant to Russia

Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria has appealed to the country’s Prosecutor’s Office not to request the Ukrainian citizen Vadim Altman to be extradited to Russia. 

A Georgian court examines an extradition request for an individual after the appeal of the Prosecutor's Office. 

Russia accuses Altman of forming an illegal armed group and drug crimes and demanded his extradition in January 2020. 

Lomjaria says that Altman participated in the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict and he is likely to become a subject of ill-treatment if extradited to Russia.