The Ukrainians have been put on the
international wanted list.
MOSCOW, October 11. /TASS/. Four Ukrainian nationals, including member
of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) Vladimir Parasyuk, have been arrested in
absentia in Russia for attacking Russian diplomatic missions in 2014-2016 and
put on the international wanted list, Russian Investigative Committee
Spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said on Wednesday.
"The investigation has established that Ukrainian citizens Vladimir Romantsev, Alexey Bakay and Vladimir Nazarenko were actively involved in the willful damage of the property of the Russian diplomatic mission, while the latter also took part in desecrating Russia’s national flag," she said.
"The investigation has established that Ukrainian citizens Vladimir Romantsev, Alexey Bakay and Vladimir Nazarenko were actively involved in the willful damage of the property of the Russian diplomatic mission, while the latter also took part in desecrating Russia’s national flag," she said.
Petrenko
added that member of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Vladimir Parasyuk was involved in
the attack on the Russian Consulate General in Lvov in March 2016 and the abuse
of Russia’s national flag.
"The
above-mentioned individuals have been put on the international wanted list and,
at the request of investigators, the court has imposed in absentia a pre-trial
restraint in the form of custody on them," Petrenko said.
Charge in absentia
According
to Petrenko, on the basis of the evidence collected by investigators, including
video recordings obtained from open sources and the results of forensic examinations,
a decision was made to involve the four individuals as defendants for
committing a crime under Part 2 of Section 360 of Russia’s Criminal Code
("Attack on an institution that enjoys international protection committed
with a view to complicating international relations"). Nazarenko and
Parasyuk are also charged under Section 329 of Russia’s Criminal Code
("Abuse of Russia’s national flag").
Petrenko
noted that the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies "have been conducting
their own investigations over attacks on the Russian diplomatic missions for a
long time, during which no one has been charged with a criminal offense so
far."
"Despite
the fact that Ukraine actually refused to comply with the requests for legal
assistance from Russian investigators, the Investigative Committee is pushing
ahead with its efforts to identify and bring to justice all the individuals who
took part in the above-mentioned attacks on the Russian diplomatic missions
abroad," she stressed.
Source: ITAR-TASS 11-10-2017
