Pro-Ukrainian activist Vladimir Balukh will remain in custody until December 4

The Supreme Court of Crimea agreed with the defense's arguments and upheld the appeal to extend the arrest of pro-Ukrainian activist Vladimir Balukh. Now Balukh will be under arrest only until December 4. Crimea writes about this. Realities."

On October 24, the Razdolnensky court extended Balukh’s period of detention until January 16. The activist’s lawyers did not agree with this, since the period of detention had expired and the court’s decision was unlawful.

Balukh is known for his public pro-Ukrainian position. On November 9, 2016, he placed a sign on the wall of his house “Vulitsa Nebesnoi Hundred Heroes, 18,” after which the chairman of the village council came to his home with threats.

The man was detained on December 8, 2016 after searches of his home and his mother’s house. Law enforcement agencies said that during the searches, cartridges and TNT blocks were found. According to the Crimean Human Rights Group, prohibited items could have been planted in the activist’s house.

On August 4, Balukh was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison. He was found guilty of storing ammunition and explosives (Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code). At the end of August, a criminal case was opened against the activist for beating the head of the temporary detention facility, Tkachenko, after a representative of Balukh filed a complaint with the police about the illegal actions of this head. The lawyer claims that Tkachenko threatened, insulted and hit his client in the face.

On October 2, the Supreme Court of Crimea overturned the verdict and sent the case to the court of first instance for additional investigation.