[HIGHLIGHTS] The Russian Ambassador confirmed the transfer of the request to Canada for the extradition of SS soldier Gunka

The Russian Embassy transmitted to Canada a request from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office for the extradition of 98-year-old Ukrainian nationalist Yaroslav Gunka. There is no extradition treaty between Russia and Canada, but there is an agreement on mutual legal assistance.

“Gunka admitted that he voluntarily joined the SS and, therefore, committed all these crimes in which the Galicia division was involved. That is, a Nazi lives here. Will Canadian justice prosecute him here? That’s the question,” Ambassador Oleg Stepanov said.