MOSCOW, October 21 (RAPSI) - Interpol has resumed the search for Russian journalist and antifascist activist Pyotr Silaev charged with hooliganism committed by an organized crime group in Moscow's suburb in 2010, the Ministry of the Interior of Russia reported Monday.

Moscow's suburb of Khimki has historically proven politically divisive due to clashes between activists hoping to preserve its natural splendor, and developers hoping to pave a new highway connecting the capital with St. Petersburg.

On July 28, 2010, approximately 90 masked men stormed the suburb's administration building. The men surrounded the property, pelting fire crackers and empty bottles at the building and shooting off traumatic pistols while chanting slogans urging the protection of Khimki Forest. The protest lasted only about five minutes before the men voluntarily departed.

Silaev then fled to Finland, where he was granted political refugee status.

While vacationing in Granada, Spain in August 2012, he was detained on the basis of an international arrest order. He had been charged in Russia with the possession of arms and explosives in connection with the attack. His release was ordered nine days later, pending a decision by the Audiencia Nacional with regard to his release. Early on, Finland vowed to help block the extradition.

In February, Spain's national court, the Audiencia Nacional, held that Silaev will not be extradited to Russia.