FSB carried out special operation in Kyrgyzstan

On January 18 2007 it was reported by Kommersant that the FSB took Igor Izmestyev, a former member of the Federation Council from Bashkortostan's Legislative Assembly, into custody on January 16 in Kyrgyzstan during a "special operation."

He left Russia in December after resigning as a senator. Vladimir Sementsov, who is Izmestyev's lawyer, told the daily that the Prosecutor-General's Office is planning to petition Moscow's Basmany Raion Court for Izmestyev's arrest on suspicion of organizing a murder. Sementsov described the FSB's action as a "kidnapping." Izmestyev reportedly traveled to Bishkek from Geneva on a private airplane to meet with acting Prime Minister Feliks Kulov to discuss unspecified "business matters."

The daily quoted Vladimir Sementsov, as saying his client was "abducted" since there was no arrest warrant for him.

Source: Kommersant

Agentura.Ru, March 2011