In an interview with socialbites.ca, criminal lawyer Maxim Kalinov explained why Russia will not bring Spartak Moscow football player Quincy Promes to justice for drug trafficking.
14 February Amsterdam Court prisoner It promises a six-year prison sentence for cocaine trafficking. Dutch prosecutors said that Promes had two drug shipments weighing a total of 1,350 kg and that they were seized by police in the port of Antwerp in 2020.
“It is believed that according to the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure, a person will be held responsible if he commits a crime on the territory of the Russian Federation. And if this happened in another country and the person has already been tried there, then Russia should have no claims against him,” Kalinov explained. “If Promes had not been convicted in the Netherlands, Russia could have brought him to justice. But they have already reacted.”
previously lawyer explainedWhy Spartak will not terminate its contract with Promes because of drugs.