The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation did not allow Ukrainian journalist Semyon to leave Crimea for treatment in Ukraine

The Federal Penitentiary Service did not allow Ukrainian journalist Nikolai Semena to leave Crimea for treatment at a cardiological clinic in Kyiv. about it Writes "Crimea. Realii” with reference to the lawyer of the journalist Emil Kurbedinov.

The publication also reports that Semena may get the opportunity to travel to Ukraine in July 2019.

“It turns out that only in July, half of his suspended sentence ends. He can apply for parole. If they are satisfied, and this is done through the court, then he can safely leave, ”Kurbedinov said.

• On September 22, 2017, a court in Simferopol sentenced the journalist to two and a half years of probation. He was found guilty of public calls to violate the territorial integrity of Russia (Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code). Semena was placed on probation for three years, and for the same period he was deprived of the right to engage in public activities.
• The reason for initiating a criminal case was the article by Semena “Blockade is a necessary first step towards the liberation of Crimea” on the portal “Crimea. Realities". The investigation considered that in it the journalist calls for the violation of the territorial integrity of Russia. Semyon himself claims that in his materials he exercised the right to "free expression of opinion."
• At the end of 2017, the Crimean Supreme Court reduced Semena's ban on public activities from three to two years.