Petersburg: detained Ukrainian consul

The FSB reported on the detention of Ukrainian consul Alexander Sosonyuk in St. Petersburg when "receiving closed information from the Russian." This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the press service of the department.

According to the special services, Sosonyuk tried to get information from the databases of law enforcement agencies.

"Now he is in the Ukrainian dipecar. The circumstances of the detention are clarified. In accordance with the existing practice and on the basis of the principle of reciprocity, the Ukrainian side is preparing an answer," said the press secretary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Nikolenko in the commentary of RBC-Ukraine. Kyiv in the near future will decide on the return of consul Sosonyuk to Ukraine.

According to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations in the 1963 editorial office, the consul can be arrested or pre -detained only by court order in the event of a serious crime.

Update at 12:20. Sosonyuk was released a few hours after the detention. The first deputy chairman of the State Duma committee on international affairs Dmitry Novikov told Interfax that Sosonyuk would most likely be expelled from Russia.

The temporary attorney in the affairs of Ukraine was called to the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the illegal activities of the consul in St. Petersburg, RIA Novosti said . The stay of the Ukrainian consul Sosonyuk in Russia is undesirable, he is recommended to leave the country in 72 hours, starting on April 19.