Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova. File photoSt. PETERSBURG, July 1 Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova told RIA Novosti that after consultations with the Prosecutor General's Office and the Russian Foreign Ministry, she will appeal to the authorities and the Prosecutor General of Thailand on the issue of extradition to the United States of Russian Dmitry Ukrainsky, who Americans are accused of fraud.
"We know what happened to him (Ukrainian — ed.). Utter ugliness. I received the information just before leaving. Of course, we will definitely respond: in Thailand we will find out if there is our ombudsman, then we will definitely turn to him. We will appeal to the authorities and the Attorney General of Thailand", Moskalkova told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
She added that she would first work on this issue with the Prosecutor General's Office and the Russian Foreign Ministry. «We also need to deal with the humanitarian component — what's wrong with this person, whether he has clothes, where he is being held, whether his conditions of detention meet international standards, find a lawyer, meet with consul,» the ombudsman added. As Ivan Melnikov, vice-president of the Russian branch of the International Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, told RIA Novosti, human rights activists managed to find out that Ukrainsky was placed in the Brooklyn pre-trial detention center — one of the oldest pre-trial detention centers in New York. 
The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic refused to extradite the Russian Franchetti to Ukraine «Ukrainsky has a free lawyer, and he needs an additional qualified defender, because appointed lawyers often prioritize paid cases. In Russia, Ukrainian has a wife, minor children who are unable to pay him a lawyer and help financially, and he needs medicines. Considering his plight, a citizen of the Russian Federation needs help,” Melnikov said. This decision of the court was the first «double» decision on extradition in the history of Thai jurisprudence. Declassified court documents had previously shown that Ukrainian was charged with fraud of more than 300 thousand dollars. The documents themselves date back to April 25, 2016, but they were made public on June 18, 2022. In total, Ukrainskiy and his accomplices are charged with five counts, including conspiracy, cyber fraud and money laundering.A Russian extradited from Thailand to the United States faces 20 years in prison. The Ukrainian was arrested in Pattaya in July 2016 following an American preliminary request for extradition. In the United States, he was accused of cyber fraud, hacking and money laundering as part of a criminal group. Moscow also sought the extradition of the Russian. In the case of fraud, Mikhail and Olga Komovs are being held together with Ukrainian. Ukrainskiy was also prosecuted on charges of money laundering and under Thai law, later a court in Thailand sentenced him to 10 years in prison. According to the principle of priority of local laws over extradition laws, he first had to serve time in Thailand. The Russian was subject to several amnesties, as a result of which his prison term officially ended in November 2021. However, Ivan Melnikov, vice-president of the Russian branch of the International Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, told RIA Novosti that on June 16, the Thai authorities extradited Ukrainian to the United States without notifying anyone. 
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