Monday, November 19, 2018

Kremlin Backs Veteran Russian Official for Interpol Presidency

MOSCOW—The Kremlin said it backed a veteran Russian Interior Ministry official to become Interpol’s president, a development that raises fresh concerns about the efficacy of the international police agency critics say authoritarian governments have abused.

The potential appointment of Maj. Gen. Alexander Prokopchuk when Interpol’s general assembly votes for its next president in Dubai on Wednesday has sparked criticism from human-rights groups and government officials who say Moscow has used the organization to pursue and...

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