Ukraine asked to hand over Karpyuk and Klykh, Kolchenko is being imposed Russian citizenship

The process of exchanging prisoners of war and political prisoners continues. The Ministry of Justice received a request from Ukraine about the possibility of transferring prisoners Stanislav Klykh and Mykola Karpyuk, TASS reports . These are Ukrainian nationalists convicted in Grozny in a very strange case about their alleged participation in hostilities in Chechnya.

Meanwhile, Alexander Kolchenko, convicted on charges of terrorist activities in Crimea, is being forced into Russian citizenship, writes Krym. Realities". Of those convicted in his case, Gennady Afanasiev has already been deported to Ukraine, while Kolchenko, Oleg Sentsov and Alexei Chirniy are currently in Russia. The adoption of Russian citizenship will significantly complicate the extradition of Kolchenko to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian consul is not allowed into the colony to Kolchenko. Recently they brought him a Russian passport, it must be signed, and Kolchenko was offered to sign for his receipt, but he refused. Then Kolchenko was offered to write a renunciation of citizenship (Russian), but he also refused - after all, this would imply that he recognizes Russian citizenship, although he refuses.