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Exiled businessman Chichvarkin to answer questions from London

Chichvarkin said last week he would return to Russia if the country's Prosecutor General's Office annulled the extradition warrant
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Russia cancels arrest warrant for Chichvarkin - Interpol
11:29 27/01/2011
Russia has canceled its request for an international arrest warrant against fugitive businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin, a spokesman for Interpol in Russia said on Tuesday.
Exiled Russian businessman Chichvarkin says return unlikely
16:48 26/01/2011
Fugitive telecoms entrepreneur Yevgeny Chichvarkin, whose abduction charges in Russia earlier this week were dropped, said however his return home was highly unlikely.
Exiled businessman Chichvarkin wary of new charges - lawyer
22:00 24/01/2011
Fugitive telecoms entrepreneur Yevgeny Chichvarkin fears that smuggling charges could be brought against him as part of a 2005 criminal case, his lawyer said Monday.
Russia drops kidnapping case against exiled businessman Chichvarkin (Update 1)
16:14 24/01/2011
Russian investigators on Monday lifted abduction charges against fugitive telecoms entrepreneur Yevgeny Chichvarkin after what has been widely viewed as a politically motivated case.
Russia drops kidnapping case against fugitive businessman Chichvarkin
15:30 24/01/2011
Russian investigators on Monday lifted abduction charges against fugitive telecoms entrepreneur Yevgeny Chichvarkin, his lawyer, Yury Gervis, told RIA Novosti.
Chichvarkin's lawyer expects criminal case to be dropped
14:13 24/01/2011
The lawyer representing fugitive Russian businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin, charged with the abduction of his company Euroset's shipping agent, said he expects to be informed of the closure of the case during talks with Russian investigators on Monday.
Russian businessman Chichvarkin may return to Russia
17:38 20/01/2011
Fugitive Russian businessmen Yevgeny Chichvarkin, the ex-CEO of cell phone retailer Euroset, said on Thursday he would return to Russia from self-imposed exile in Britain if Moscow cancels his extradition request.
Fugitive businessman Chichvarkin hails acquittal of ex-colleagues
21:56 17/11/2010
Fugitive Russian businessmen Yevgeny Chichvarkin, ex-CEO of cell phone retailer Euroset, said on Wednesday he was pleased for his former colleagues who were acquitted by a Moscow court earlier in the day, but ruled out plans to return to Russia.
Chichvarkin, Berezovsky and other participants of London rally
17:31 01/09/2010
Tens of people, including famous political emigrants, gathered for a rally in London outside the Russian embassy on Tuesday to protect Article 31 of the Russian Constitution.
Russian police to start new probe into death of fugitive businessman's mother
11:46 03/08/2010
Russian prosecutors have ordered police to launch an additional probe into the death of the mother of a fugitive businessman, the businessman's lawyer said on Tuesday.
London court adjourns Chichvarkin extradition hearing until September
14:37 02/08/2010
London's Westminster Magistrates' Court postponed a hearing into Russia's extradition request for fugitive businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin until September 13.
Moscow police will not probe 'murder' of fugitive businessman's mother
16:57 26/07/2010
Police in Moscow have refused to launch a criminal case into the death of the mother of a fugitive businessman, despite medical evidence that she had been severely beaten, a respected Russian daily said on Monday.
Fugitive Chichvarkin urges government not to inhibit business
16:17 26/05/2010
Fugitive Russian businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin, speaking by phone to a rally in central Moscow on Wednesday, called on the government not to inhibit business
Fugitive businessman Chichvarkin to speak by phone to Moscow rally
11:14 26/05/2010
Fugitive businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin will speak by phone to a rally in central Moscow as Russia celebrates the Day of the Businessman
Chichvarkin says mother killed, will not attend funeral in Russia
18:37 04/04/2010
Fugitive Russian businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin said on Sunday he believed his mother was murdered and he would not return from Britain to attend her funeral
Fugitive Chichvarkin may be detained at mother's funeral in Moscow
15:45 04/04/2010
Fugitive Russian businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin may be detained, if he comes to his mother's funeral in Moscow, a police source said on Sunday.
London court adjourns Chichvarkin extradition hearing
19:55 01/12/2009
London's Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday adjourned hearings into Russia's extradition request for Yevgeny Chichvarkin, the former CEO of cell phone retailer Euroset, until August 2, 2010.
Chichvarkin to defend his name in court
17:57 24/09/2009
On Tuesday, the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London held preliminary hearings into Russia’s extradition request for Yevgeny CHICHVARKIN, FORMER CEO OF EUROSET, A CELL PHONE RETAILER. Before the hearings, Chichvarkin talked about his expectations for the court session.
London court to hear Russian businessman's extradition case Dec. 1
20:08 22/09/2009
Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday set December 1 as the date for a hearing into an extradition request by Russia for a businessman wanted on kidnapping and extortion charges.
Russian businessman Chichvarkin confident of fair London trial
09:20 22/09/2009
London's Westminster court will on Tuesday begin a hearing into an extradition request by Russia for businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin, wanted on kidnapping and extortion charges.
Russia to seek tycoon Chichvarkin's extradition from U.K. - paper
15:58 17/06/2009
Prosecutors in Moscow have launched procedures to have a Russian tycoon wanted on kidnapping and extortion charges extradited from Britain, a Russian daily said
Interpol puts ex-Euroset owner Chichvarkin on wanted list
14:43 12/03/2009Moscow court rules legal Chichvarkin arrest warrant
14:55 02/03/2009The Moscow City Court ruled legal on Monday the decision to issue an arrest warrant for Yevgeny Chichvarkin, the former co-owner of top Russian cell phone retailer Euroset.

Russian police strip Chichvarkin nanny of credit cards, cash
11:23 27/02/2009Investigators working on a case against a former co-owner of cell phone retailer Euroset, Yevgeny Chichvarkin, have seized credit cards and currency from his children's nanny, a Russian newspaper said on Friday.

Just Cause seeking replacement for businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin
19:10 18/02/2009A Just Cause party has received a registration certificate from the state. Yevgeny Chichvarkin, a former co-owner of Evroset, Russia’s cellular retailer, with an arrest warrant issued in his absence for extortion and kidnapping, was to have set up its Moscow branch. The party is now looking for a replacement.

Chichvarkin lawyers appeal Russian businessman's arrest warrant
17:48 30/01/2009Russia says Chichvarkin's arrest not warning to business
09:30 29/01/2009
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Chichvarkin to defend his name in court
17:57 24/09/2009
On Tuesday, the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London held preliminary hearings into Russia’s extradition request for Yevgeny CHICHVARKIN, FORMER CEO OF EUROSET, A CELL PHONE RETAILER. Before the hearings, Chichvarkin talked about his expectations for the court session.
Just Cause seeking replacement for businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin
19:10 18/02/2009A Just Cause party has received a registration certificate from the state. Yevgeny Chichvarkin, a former co-owner of Evroset, Russia’s cellular retailer, with an arrest warrant issued in his absence for extortion and kidnapping, was to have set up its Moscow branch. The party is now looking for a replacement.

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Criminal case against Yevgeny Chichvarkin
Chichvarkin and several of his former colleagues were charged with the abduction of the shipping agent in 2003. Russia's Supreme Court upheld an acquittal verdict for former top-managers of Euroset. After the announcement, Chichvarkin said he would return to Russia from self-imposed exile in Britain if Moscow cancels his extradition request.








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