The rescue Committee of Ukraine, led by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, agitates the Italian authorities and Interpol to release their detained in San Remo ally - last Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Igor Markov.

Markov was arrested in the Italian city of San Remo, he is suspected of committing iniquity under article "hooliganism with bodily harm" of the Criminal code. Markov has disappeared from the sight of law enforcement officers November 4, 2014. In October 2013 he was arrested on suspicion of organizing the beating of protesters in Odessa in 2007. The story is about the events, when the Odessa regional administration occurred pickets against installation in monument to Catherine II.

"The Committee is confident that the current detention and his (Markov) possible extradition to Ukraine is a political massacre of the opposition. No doubt, it is the reaction of the Kiev authorities on the appearance of our organization ", - reported in circulation Department, announced Wednesday the organization page V.

in the petition, which was signed by Azarov reported that the organization " refers to the President of Interpol Mireille Ballestrazzi, the deputies and the leadership of Italy and throughout the European Union with a call to prevent the massacre of political opposition forces of Ukraine and to prevent his extradition criminal Kiev regime under ridiculous charges ".

The statement authors remind us that the case against Markov, opened in 2007, was dismissed for lack of evidence.

in Ukraine, 22 February 2014, there was a coup, fresh authorities want to prosecute ousted Viktor Yanukovych and many former bureaucrats and politicians. Relative to the former Ukrainian authorities are under investigation, for example, on the facts of theft of public funds, financial fraud, land grabbing and abuse of position.

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