The Thai government has approved a draft extradition treaty between that country and Russia, announced on Thursday, March 16, online edition of The Nation Thailand. It notes that the move was taken on March 14 amid reports that Russians were “flooding” into Thailand to avoid the consequences. wars in Ukraine.
According to Thai government spokesman Rachada Dhnadirek, the pact with Russia will promote cooperation in the fight against crime and is in line with extradition agreements that Bangkok has concluded with other countries. The document does not require parliamentary approval as it does not affect Thailand’s territory, economy, society, trade and investment, Dhnadirek added.
At the end of February Al Jazeera TV channel reported that from November 2022 to January 2023, more than 233 thousand Russians arrived in Phuket. The report indicated that tens of thousands of Russians went to the kingdom within a year after the start of the Russian invasion of the neighboring state in order to avoid conscription into the army and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine.
On February 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the proposal of the Russian government to sign an agreement with Thailand on the mutual extradition of wanted and criminally prosecuted persons.
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