“Our request for extradition was formally denied, citing the absence of an extradition treaty between our countries,” the diplomat told RIA Novosti.

Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian SS man intended to leave for South America because of the scandal in Canada.

Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova announced the need to request a list of “friends” of the 98-year-old Nazi Yaroslav Gunka, who spoke in the Canadian Parliament, in Latin America.

An old man who served in the SS division “Galicia” said that he had to face a wave of self-hatred from society.