Ex-leader of UNA-UNSO may be tried in Poland
When considering the extradition of Ukrainian nationalist Igor Mazur, who participated in the war in Chechnya on the side of militants, Poland will be guided by the principle of causing maximum harm to Russia.
Russian experts stated this in comments to PolitNavigator.
Thus, Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, emphasized that the Polish court will make a political decision in its decision on Mazur’s extradition.
“It is obvious that the decision is, to one degree or another, political in nature. Of course, participation on the side of illegal armed groups is classified as terrorist activity. It is logical that this person would be extradited to the Russian side. But in this case, it is obvious that political considerations prevail,” Korotchenko said.
At the same time, political scientist Alexei Martynov believes that Poland may not extradite Mazur to either Ukraine or Russia, leaving him to serve his sentence at home.
“Two contradictory Polish feelings, equally strong, are mixed here. On the one hand, Polish Russophobia, and on the other hand, Polish hatred and frenzied feeling for Bandera. The Poles remember the Volyn massacre and from time to time Bandera’s fighters fight there, if you look at the news. Therefore, I think that it is unlikely that Mazur will be extradited to Russia, but it is not a fact that he will be transferred to Ukraine. Most likely, they will process it themselves - investigate, judge, and so on,” Martynov said.
Previously detained in Poland at Russia's request to Interpol for participation in the war in Chechnya, one of the leaders of the extremist organization UNA-UNSO, Igor Mazur-Topolya was handed over by the Polish authorities to the Ukrainian consulate, on whose territory the nationalist will await the court verdict on possible extradition.
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