MOSCOW: Russia’s Supreme court approved on Thursday a request from Colombia for the extradition of an Israeli man wanted for training illegal paramilitaries.

A Colombian court sentenced Yara Gal Klein, also known as Yair, in absentia in 2001 to 10 years in prison for training paramilitaries in the Andean country.

A former Israeli army officer, he was detained in August as he landed at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. He has said the Colombian military knew about his paramilitary training activities.—Reuters