UK should rethink Interpol role if Russian gets top job, MPs say

Appointment of Alexander Prokopchuk 'would be like putting fox in charge of hen coop'

The government is under pressure from across the political spectrum to rethink the UK's involvement in Interpol if the global policing cooperation organisation elects a Russian official as president this week.

Alexander Prokopchuk, a veteran of the Russian interior ministry, is one of two candidates to replace Meng Hongwei, who resigned last month after he was detained in China over corruption claims. The election takes place on Wednesday at Interpol's general assembly in Dubai.