A criminal
investigation has been launched against Gritsenko over "public calls to
carry out terrorism activity"
MOSCOW, July 25.
/TASS/. Russia’s Investigative Committee has brought charges in absentia
against former Ukrainian Defense Minister Anatoly Gritsenko over his public
calls to blow up railway trains in Russia, the IC’s press service said on
Wednesday.
According to the
investigators, during the livestream of an online conference of the Studio 1+1
TV broadcasting company on July 16, 2014 "Gritsenko called in public to
carry out terror attacks on Russia’s territory by blowing up railway
trains."
A criminal
investigation has been launched against Gritsenko over "public calls to
carry out terrorism activity" under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Russian
Criminal Code.
Another criminal
probe has been opened over Gritsenko’s calls during the broadcast by Channel
112 Ukraine on July 2, 2017 to stage terror attacks in Moscow and Taganrog.
"Now the criminal cases into two crimes committed by Anatoly Gritsenko
have been united into one proceeding and he has been charged in absentia,"
the IC said.
Under Article 12 of
the Criminal Code foreign citizens not residing in Russia on a permanent basis
who committed crimes outside Russia aimed against Russia’s national interests
are subject to criminal liability under the Russian law.
Source: ITAR-TASS
25-07-2018
