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Viewing cable 06VILNIUS355, RUSSIAN BANKER BABENKO'S PRISON TIME EXTENDED;

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06VILNIUS355 2006-04-12 10:27 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Vilnius 
VZCZCXRO0612
PP RUEHAG RUEHDA RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLN RUEHLZ
RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHVL #0355 1021027
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 121027Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY VILNIUS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0064
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 2411
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
 
UNCLAS VILNIUS 000355 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/NB 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV ENRG EFIN KCRM KJUS PHUM LH RS
HT50, HT12 
SUBJECT: RUSSIAN BANKER BABENKO'S PRISON TIME EXTENDED; 
AWAITS ASYLUM AND/OR EXTRADITION 
 
REF: 05 VILNIUS 949 
 
1. A Vilnius court extended the imprisonment of former 
Russian banker Igor Babenko for three months on April 7. 
After the Vilnius court ruled on September 8, 2005, to 
extradite Babenko (reftel), the Migration Department 
subsequently granted asylum status on January 30.  The 
Prosecutor General appealed the asylum and Babenko will 
remain in prison for three months pending the outcome of the 
appeal. The appeals court began hearing the case on April 11. 
 
 
2. Russia requested Babenko's extradition to pursue 
allegations that he laundered USD 12 million of Yukos-owned 
Menatep Bank funds. 
MULL