Kremlin Critics Unite to Try to Stop Russian Becoming Interpol Head

Kremlin Critics Unite to Try to Stop Russian Becoming Interpol Head
Alexander Prokopchuk, Russian candidate to head international police organization Interpol, during a ceremony to open a monument to police in Bangkok, Thailand in Dec. 2015. Russian Interior Ministry/Handout via Reuters
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LONDON/MOSCOW—Two of the Kremlin’s most prominent critics joined forces on Nov. 20 to try to stop a Russian becoming the next president of international police organization Interpol, saying they feared Moscow would abuse the post to hunt down its detractors.

Interpol’s general assembly is due to elect a new president on Nov. 21 after incumbent Meng Hongwei of China went missing in September. Beijing later said it had detained him in connection with a bribery probe.