Russian investigators opened a case against Ukrainian investigators, who opened a case against a Russian investigator

The Investigative Committee opened a case against Ukrainian investigators, who opened a case against the Russian investigator, according to the website of the Russian department.

Russian colleagues suspected Ukrainian investigators under Part 2 of Article 299 of the Criminal Code (bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal liability, combined with accusing a person of committing a serious crime).

We are talking about an investigator who opened a case against a representative of the Brotherhood organization, recognized as extremist in Russia, Dmitry Korchinsky, ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, political and public figure Igor Mazur and the former leader of the Right Sector, recognized as a banned organization in Russia, Dmitry Yarosh.

The case concerns events related to the activities of illegal armed groups in the period 1994-1995 in Chechnya.

“Thus, the Russian investigation has obtained irrefutable evidence of the involvement of these Ukrainian citizens in the criminal activities of gangs and participation in clashes on the side of militants in the North Caucasus,” the department claims and emphasizes that Russian investigators sent the relevant documents to Ukrainian investigators, but they were “on flimsy grounds.” refused to help Russia and in response opened a case against the Russian investigator.

Interfax Ukraine wrote on February 1 that the country's Prosecutor General's Office issued a notice of suspicion to the investigator of the Russian Investigative Committee, Artur Naimanov, for the illegal criminal prosecution of Korchinsky, Yatsenyuk, Mazur and Yarosh.