The international criminal police organization Interpol will not exclude Russia from its membership, but will apply a number of restrictions, including introducing an enhanced procedure for verifying requests from the country, the organization said in an official statement..

" This position is constantly adhered to by Interpol,"

At the same time, to prevent any potential abuse of Interpol channels, Russia will no longer be able to send requests directly to the system..

" Only if the request is deemed appropriate, the General Secretariat will distribute it among the member countries,"

Interpol believes that excluding Russia from the system could create a gap in global security, and criminals will be able to both commit crimes and evade arrest.. At the same time, the organization does not exclude the use of additional measures against Russia if necessary..

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Earlier, the United Kingdom and Canada demanded that Russia be excluded from the organization..