Bulgarian court rejects extradition of Russian owner of a ship linked to Beirut port blast

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42% : Activate your Online Access Now "The court rejected Lebanon's request to extradite Igor Grechushkin, ruling that the Lebanese authorities had not provided adequate assurances that he would be protected from the death penalty or that any such sentence would not be carried out," his lawyer, Ekaterina Dimitrova, told The Associated Press.
38% : The supervising prosecutor, Angel Kanev, said that the key issue is whether sufficient guarantees have been provided that a death sentence will not be imposed, and whether those guarantees come from "the competent authority.

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