Polish national interests to decide Zakayev case - PM

Poland will only extradite Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev to
Russia if this meets its national interests, Prime Minister Donald
Tusk said on Friday, RIA Novosti reports.

Zakayev, in Poland for a Chechen people's congress, was detained in
Warsaw while on his way to the Polish prosecutor's office to present
materials relating to Russia's allegations against him.

Russia placed Zakayev on the international wanted list in 2001 on
terrorist charges. He was granted political asylum by Britain in 2002.
Russia has repeatedly asked Britain to extradite him, but the request
has invariably been refused.

"We will make a decision on this case...according to our understanding
of Poland's national interests and justice, but not to fulfill
another's expectations," Tusk told a Polish radio station.