“The consul of Russia in France met Vinnik,” TASS quoted the diplomat as saying.
Details of the meeting are not given.
Earlier, Vinnik’s lawyer stated that she could not contact the client for more than 60 hours.
January 24, it became known about the extradition of Vinnik from Athens to Paris. It is expected that a hearing in the Russian case will be held on Tuesday, January 28.
Alexander Vinnik was arrested in Greece in 2017 at the request of the United States, where he is accused of creating, without a license from the American authorities, a cryptocurrency exchange through which, according to the United States, billions of dollars are laundered.
At the end of June 2018, France also sent a request to the Greek authorities to extradite the Russian, who is accused of breaking into the email of thousands of people and extorting money from them. Extradition Vinnik also seeks Russia.