Ukraine may extend sanctions against Russia because of Sentsov and Kolchenko
Ukraine may extend sanctions against Russia because of Sentsov and Kolchenko
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The Ministry of justice razrabatyvaet plan for the release of Ukrainian prisoners.
The Minister of justice of Ukraine Pavel Petrenko will initiate the extension of sanctions against Russiaif the authorities of this country will not return the wrongfully convicted Ukrainians Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko.
About this he wrote on his page in Facebook.
“The return of children to Ukraine is a prerequisite for further dialogue. If the Russian side does not do so and continued abuse of political prisoners, I will initiate the extension of individual sanctions against the implicated Russian officials. Moreover, such steps on the part of the aggressor confirm that Russia has no place among democratic countries in the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe “, – said Petrenko.
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The Minister promised to personally handle all questions that concern the possibility of release of Sentsov and Kolchenko, in international organizations and judicial bodies.
“We have elaborated a plan of action, which I will present later. We will force the Kremlin to recognize their Ukrainian nationality”, – said the head of the Ministry of justice.
Russia responded to the request of Ukraine on the extradition of Oleksandr Kolchenko and Oleg Sentsov
TSN. 19:30
21 Oct, 19:56
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Russia has denied Ukraine in the extradition of the Crimean people. This is a social network, the Deputy Minister of justice of Ukraine Sergey Petukhov. This response was received from the Ministry of justice. The main grounds for refusal referred to the fact that he is a citizen of the Russian Federation, although written Sentsov in the Crimea and did not recognize his Russian.
We will remind, Russia has denied the transfer of Kiev convicted of Ukrainians Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko due to the fact that they had allegedly obtained citizenship of the Russian Federation during the annexation of Crimea.
Ukrainian film Director, screenwriter and Euromaidan activist Oleg Sentsov, Russian FSB detained in the night of 11 may 2014 in Simferopol and accused of preparing attacks in the Crimea, in particular, He is charged with the management of subversive and terrorist group “Right sector”, which allegedly made on 14 and 18 April 2014 arson of the headquarters of the “Russian community of Crimea” and “United Russia” in Simferopol, and also prepared in the Crimean capital of explosions near the Lenin monument and the Eternal flame.
25 Aug Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in a strict regime colony. In turn, Kolchenko, was sentenced to 10 years. During the reading of the verdict, the Ukrainians sang the national anthem of Ukraine. 24 November 2015, the Supreme court ruled to leave the verdict to the Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov and Ukrainian activist Alexander Kolchenko unchanged.
The Ministry of justice explained the reason for the refusal in the extradition of Oleg Sentsov
TSN. 16:45
21 Oct, 17:04
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This is a social network, the Deputy Minister of justice of Ukraine Sergey Petukhov. This response was received from the Ministry of justice. The main grounds for refusal referred to the fact that he is a citizen of the Russian Federation, although written Sentsov in the Crimea and did not recognize his Russian.