Police hints wanted Russian prosecutor not in Belarus

MINSK, July 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Belarussian police unofficially hinted
that wanted Russian prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko was not in the republic
and officially stated it had not received any requests from Russia to
arrest him.
"Competent agencies of the Belarussian interior ministry have so far
received no Russian request to find Ignatenko," deputy spokesman of the
ministry Viktor Novikov said.
Unofficially, police officers said the wanted former first deputy
prosecutor of the Moscow region was unlikely in Belarus.
"It is possible to hide for a week or two only somewhere in a forest.
But it is hardly possible for a former prosecutor who is used to live in
comfort," a police source said.
Ignatenko was placed on the international wanted list on charges of
covering an illegal gambling business in Moscow region. Russian media
reported he fled the country in May either to Belarus or Ukraine.