On his visit to the United States, Russian Foreign minister urges the United States to enter into an extradition treaty between the two countries. Russian Press." Russia has reiterated its proposal to the United States to sign a bilateral extradition agreement, the Russian justice minister said. Although Moscow and Washington agreed in 2007 to draft an agreement on the extradition of crime suspects, further progress on the deal is still pending. "We have reiterated our earlier proposal to the U.S. on the bilateral extradition agreement. In our opinion, it is wrong that countries such as the United States and Russia do not have even a basic normative document on extradition," Alexander Konovalov said after his recent visit to the U.S."
