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Ukrainians Soloshenko and Afanasyev, convicted in the Russian Federation, were transferred to Moscow
Citizens of Ukraine Yuriy Soloshenko and Gennady Afanasyev, convicted in the Russian Federation, were transferred to Moscow, whose extradition Kyiv had previously requested. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a member of the Public Monitoring Commission of Moscow Zoya Svetova.
According to her, both prisoners are in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center.
“No one knows what they are doing there. The official version is that they arrived there in accordance with Art. 77.1 of the Criminal Executive Code of the Russian Federation, that is, for conducting investigative actions and trials, ”the agency quotes the human rights activist.
She noted that “so far no investigative actions have been carried out with them.” The Ukrainians themselves have no information about why they were brought to Moscow, either, said a member of the PMC. Meanwhile, in her opinion, "there is little doubt that the transfer of two Ukrainian prisoners on the same day are not connected with each other."
- In March, Ukraine asked Russia to extradite four convicted Ukrainian citizens - Oleg Sentsov, Oleksandr Kolchenko, Yury Soloshenko and Gennady Afanasiev. In April, Russia began preparations for this process. On May 1 , it became known that Sentsov and Kolchenko filled out the documents necessary for extradition.
- In mid-April, it became known that Russia and Ukraine were planning to exchange convicted citizens. It is believed that Russia may extradite Ukrainian serviceman Nadezhda Savchenko in exchange for Russians Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Aleksandrov, convicted in Kyiv for terrorism and waging a war of aggression.
- The former director of the Ukrainian defense plant Znamya, Yuriy Soloshenko, was sentenced in October 2015 to six years in a strict regime colony for spying for Ukraine. Gennady Afanasiev was sentenced to seven years in prison in December 2014 in the “Crimean terrorists” case, in which Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko were later convicted to 20 and 10 years, respectively.
- Afanasiev pleaded guilty and made a deal with the investigation, he was tried in a special order. However, during the trial of Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko, Afanasiev did not testify against them, retracted his testimony and claimed pressure from the investigation.