“The Court of Cassation decided to refer the priority issue of the constitutionality of Article 695-11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to the Constitutional Council,” the lawyer said in a statement to TASS.
It is noted that this article regulates issues related to the extradition from the EU countries of persons in respect of whom an international arrest warrant has been issued.
In June, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed the sentence of Alexander Vinnik, who had previously been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of money laundering.