Russian prisoner in Guantanamo might be sent home

The Russian side checks the information of the decision to transfer the sole prisoner citizen Ravil Mingazov from prison for prisoners of war at the United States base at Guantanamo Bay back to Russia. The RIA Novosti reported Adviser to the Minister of Defence of Russia, chairman of the interdepartmental commission for the Russian prisoners of war, internees and missing Vladimir Shamanov, who has been on mission in the United States.
"The issue in a commission on prisoners of war, internees and missing today is not compromised because the information is unsubstantiated, and the commission is a tool of intergovernmental relations. Thus, the Commission does not yet have the right papers, even though we informed (of the decision) and the litmus test (information), "said Major.
Like other prisoners of war, Ravil Mingazov was at Guantanamo in the fall of 2001 at the time of the U.S. military operations in Afghanistan against the Taliban regime. Total detained while eight Russians, Rasul Kudayev and Ruslan Odijewa of Kabardino-Balkaria, Shamil Hajiev and Ravil Gumarov from Bashkortostan, Ravil Mingazov and Airata Gumarov of Tatarstan, Timur Ishmuradov from the Tyumen region and Rustam Akmerov from Chelyabinsk.
In early 2002, representatives of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office confirmed the nationality of the detainees and sent American authorities requests for their extradition. After a long try, in the end, seven U.S. prisoners deported to their homeland on Feb. 28, 2004.

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