American volunteer from the " This was announced by his lawyer Dmitry Morgun on September 3.

According to the lawyer, the Attorney General's Office decided to extradite Leng to the United States, where he will face the death penalty.

Later, Morgun said that SBU operatives detained Leng in Vinnitsa, where he lives.. He considers the arrest illegal.

" He is under house arrest until September 19. Craig faces the death penalty in the USA. Ukraine has no right to extradite him "

Morgun calls the decision of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to extradite Craig as criminal.

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Leng was detained for the first time on August 21, 2019 at the border with Moldova, when he tried to leave Ukraine to extend his visa. In August of the same year, the Vinnitsa Court of Appeal awarded Lengu round-the-clock house arrest until February 3, 2020. Prior to this, the suspect was in custody.

According to Radio Liberty, Leng is a former American military. He took part in hostilities in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Leng arrived in Ukraine in 2015, joined the "

In the US, he is suspected of killing a married couple to whom Leng was supposed to sell weapons. This happened in 2018, American law enforcement officials believe that Leng and his acquaintance committed a murder with the intent of robbery. According to Radio Svoboda, $ 3 thousand. that the victims had, were needed by Leng and his friend to pay for a trip to Venezuela, where they planned to join the forces opposing the government of President Nicolas Maduro.