Ukrainians Sentsov and Kolchenko filled out documents for extradition

The Ukrainians Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko, convicted in Russia for terrorism, prepared documents to transfer them to serve his sentence in Ukraine, Anton Naumluk correspondent said on Facebook . At the end of April, the documents for extradition were filled in by the Ukrainian soldier Nadezhda Savchenko.

Naumluk said that the package of documents from Sentsov and Kolchenko was given to "the FSIN to the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of Justice."

For a positive decision on this issue, it was necessary to comply with several binding conditions, in particular Ukrainian citizenship of convicts. The problem arose with the inhabitants of Crimea Sentsov and Kolchenko: Russian law enforcement officers believed that when the peninsula returned to the Russian Federation, they automatically became Russians. To remain Ukrainians, they needed to abandon Russian citizenship. However, they did not, however, did not receive Russian passports.

It is assumed that Savchenko will be exchanged for Russian, convicted by the Ukrainian court , Alexandrov and Erofeev . Details of the transaction for the exchange of Crimean are unknown.

The case of "Crimean terrorists"

On August 25, the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don passed a conviction against the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov in the case of the preparation of terrorist attacks in the Crimea. By the aggregate of crimes, he was sentenced to 20 years in a maximum security colony. Kolchenko, recognized by his accomplice, received 10 years.

According to investigators, from April to May 2014, Oleg Sentsov, Alexander Kolchenko, Alexei Chirniy and Gennady Afanasyev set fire to the offices of the Russian Community of Crimea in Simferopol and the local branch of the United Russia party. The FSB claims that they were preparing to commit terrorist attacks on the night of May 9 last year of home -made explosive devices near the eternal flame and the monument to Lenin in Simferopol.

Chirniy and other accused in the same case - Gennady Afanasyev - fully pleaded guilt and concluded an agreement with the investigation, and therefore their cases were considered separately. They received seven years of strict regime.

Human rights activists consider Kolchenko and Sentsov political prisoners and demand them "immediate and unconditional liberation" and "full rehabilitation".