Officially the French government stated that Russia's request for extradition had been submitted too late, but by some accounts, they denied the extradition because French socialists had applied political pressure to secure his release.
法国政府官方表示，俄罗斯提交引渡要求时已经太晚了，但在一些证词中，他们否认有引渡这回事，因为法国社会党人用政治压力促使他获释。