Ukraine’s ex-Prime Minister briefly detained as Russia continues its “most falsified Ukrainian political trial”

Sunday, December 24, 2017 - 16:42 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

Arseny Yatsenyuk was stopped at Geneva Airport on the evening of December 23 because of an ‘arrest warrant’ issued by Russia against the former Ukrainian Prime Minister. The charges of having fought against Russian federal forces in Chechnya 23 years ago are absurd but cost the ex-PM and his daughter a mere ten minutes of their time. Incomparably less than the price paid by Stanislav Klykh and Mykola Karpyuk, the real two victims of what has been called “Russia’s most monstrously falsified trial of Ukrainian citizens since it’s annexation of Crimea”. …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group