Russia holding 13 Ukrainian political prisoners – Ukraine MFA

Thirteen political prisoners – citizens of Ukraine are being held in the Russian Federation as of today, four of whom are Crimean Tatars, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Mariana Betsa said at a briefing on Friday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
”As of today, according to the information available in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Russian Federation illegally holds 13 political prisoners – citizens of Ukraine, four of whom are the Crimean Tatars,” she said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, ombudswomen of Ukraine and Russia have agreed to transfer 18 convicts from the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea to the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Valeria Lutkovska said after a meeting with her Russian counterpart Tatyana Moskalkova.

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