The Ukrainian court decided to detain the self -proclaimed security forces of Crimea

The Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kiev granted the petition of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to detain and delivery to the court to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention of the self -proclaimed prosecutor of Crimea Natalia Poklonskaya . This was reported by the press service of the department.

The court also gave permission to detain the illegally appointed Minister for Emergencies Crimea Sergei Shakhov, acting The head of the Border Service of the Arch of the Crimea Viktor Melnichenko, the head of the Main Directorate of the Interior in the Crimea of ​​Crimea Sergey Abisov and the head of the Main Directorate of the SBU in the Crimea of ​​the Crimea Peter Winter.

"These persons are accused of complicity with citizens Vladimir Konstantinov and Sergei Aksenov in the commission of the crime under part 1 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (actions aimed at forcibly amending or overtaking the constitutional system or seizure of state power)," the report said. The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for up to ten years.

On March 5, the Shevchenkovsky District Court of the city of Kyiv satisfied the request of the preliminary investigation bodies to detain the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea Konstantinov and deputy Aksenov. Previously, criminal proceedings were launched against them under part 1 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

On Sunday in Crimea, according to official figures, 96.6 percent of those who came to the sites voted for joining Russia. The Parliament of Crimea proclaimed the peninsula by an independent state. The EU and the United States recognized the referendum illegal and imposed sanctions against Russia . Crimean officials also fell under the sanctions.