Consulate of Ukraine does not agree with the denial in a meeting with Sentsov
Consulate General (CG) of Ukraine in Rostov-on-don is not in accordance with the decision of the North Caucasus military district court on the prohibition of the meeting the participants about the preparation of terrorist acts in Crimea - Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov And Alexander Kolchenko, with the Consul before consideration of the merits, said Fins news the Consul of Ukraine in Rostov-on-don Alexander Goncharov.
He described the decision as " nonsense ", referring to the article of the Ukrainian-Russian Convention of fifteen January 1993.
"The competent authorities of the host country without delay but not later than four days from the time of detention, arrest or other limits of freedom of a citizen of the sending country have the right of consular officers to visit or communicate with the citizen, including providing him with the necessary legal assistance," he quoted the document Goncharov.
according to his statement, to assist in the protection of the rights And legitimate interests of a consular officer may confer And to visit any national of the sending country within the consular district. And the host state may not, under the Convention, obstructing the communication between the residents of the sending country And the consular institution.
Also Goncharov added, at a meeting in the North-Caucasian district military court on Tuesday was attended by the consuls of the civil code of Ukraine in Rostov-on-don Sergey Vdovichenko And Alexander Kovtun. In the future the Consulate is willing, if permitted, to send his envoy to the court hearings involving charges of Residents of Ukraine.
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. He Sentsov deny that he was a member of " Right sector ", And said that the investigation has no evidence of his involvement in this case.