“We are at the Athens Airport Police Department.
Responsible police officers ... said they did not know where Alexander Vinnik was, that they had never passed here, that they did not know his name, they did not know where he was, ”RIA Novosti quotes Constantopoulou.
She admitted that it could be about the abduction and enforced disappearance of Vinnik.
Earlier, Vinnik's French lawyer Frederic Belo announced that a Russian citizen had been sent from France to Greece.
Belo said the US had withdrawn its extradition request.
According to the lawyer, the French prosecutor's office resumed the process on this request on July 1 in order to prevent the release of the Russian in accordance with the decision of the judge for the execution of sentences on June 29.
Belo noted that in this way the United States managed to leave Vinnik in custody, after which they would be able to return him to Greece, from where the Russian could be quickly sent to the United States.
Alexander Vinnik was arrested in Greece in the summer of 2017 at the request of the United States.
The American authorities accused him of money laundering through a cryptocurrency exchange.
Two years later, he was extradited to Paris, where in December 2020 he was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison.
The United States and Russia also filed requests for the extradition of Vinnik.