An exiled Russian scientist now living in Lochaber has won a court battle to remain in Scotland.
Fifty-eight-year-old Dr Alex - ander Shapovalov, who lives in the Highlands with his partner and their two young children, fled to Scotland in August 2015 after being accused of a £40,663 fraud. He was sentenced in his absence to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Russia had made two requests for the extradition of Dr Shapovalov – the former director general of the Scientific Centre of Applied Chemistry in St Petersburg – in September 2016 and August 2017.