According to her, quoted by The Nation Thailand, the details of this agreement are standard, the same agreements exist with a number of other countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Great Britain, Indonesia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Laos, Malaysia, United States, Fiji, Philippines and South Korea.
As Dhnadirek pointed out, the effect of this document does not affect Thailand’s territory, economy, society, trade and investment, so parliamentary approval is not required.
It should be noted that the preparation of an extradition agreement between Russia and Thailand has been going on for many years. Its signature was expected as early as 2022, at least as expected by the Thai Foreign Ministry as early as 2021. However, even without a full-fledged mechanism, authorities extradite criminals at the request of law enforcement in another country.
The government’s proposal to sign such an agreement was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin in February 2022. Under the terms of the agreement, the parties undertook to extradite to each other persons sought by the requesting party for the purpose of criminal prosecution. , pronouncement or execution of a sentence for a crime. These are offenses punishable by more than one year in prison. At the same time, the other party may refuse extradition if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the extradition request is made for the purpose of prosecuting or punishing a person on the basis of their race, sex, religion, citizenship, ethnic origin or connection to political views. A guarantee must also be provided that the extradited person does not risk the death penalty (in Thailand, it is still applied). Practical matters will be handled by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and the Prosecutor General of the Kingdom of Thailand.
By the way, if either party receives a request for the extradition of a person from several states at once, preference is given to the one with which an agreement has been concluded (the nationality of the suspect is also taken into account). This will help in the future to avoid repeating the story of Viktor Bout, who was extradited to the United States, with which Thailand had an extradition agreement at the time.
