Julia Nasulina. North-Caucasian district military Court permitted the defendants in the case of preparation of terrorist acts in Crimea - Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko - date with the competent Consulate of Ukraine, but only after consideration on the merits, reports journalist Last news from the courtroom.
Tuesday in court held the first hearing on the case. Under him the Court determined the identity of the defendants and victims, and explained to them their rights and obligations. The defendants in the framework of the hearings were asylum the possibility of visitation by representatives of the Consulate of Ukraine, as well as relatives.
The Prosecutor supported the petition of meetings with relatives, but was against the visiting Consul of Ukraine, indicating that the Defendants, according to the Russian legislation, do not have the opportunity to meet with the designated foreign countries.
"The court fully satisfied the petition of the defendants on the meetings with the relatives. Attendance Consul of Ukraine the request to meet, but given the nature of the case to allow visits only after consideration of the merits and the judgment, " said the judge.
By assumption of the investigation, Sentsov created in Crimea terrorist Commonwealth, which structural unit is prohibited in the Russian Federation " the Right sector ", for the release of the Peninsula from Russia. The defendants from April to may 2014 made in Simferopol the torching of the offices of the public organization "Russian community of Crimea" and the local branch of the party " United Russia ", according to the UK.
in addition, the defendants are accused of attempt of the organization on 9 may 2014 the explosion of the monument to Lenin in Simferopol.
As reported, the General Prosecutor's office, the criminal activities of the terrorist brotherhood was suppressed by the FSB in may 2014. Two of the defendant in this case is Alex and He is Gennady Afanasiev already received 7 years of imprisonment, although both cooperated with the investigation and testified on alleged accomplices. Now on the bench of the accused Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko.
He Sentsov deny that he was a member of " Right sector ", and said that the investigation has no evidence of his belonging to this case, Except the testimony of participants other data, he believes, under pressure.
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