Civic activist Oleksandr Kolchenko, accused of preparing terrorist acts in Crimea, complained to the European court of human rights (ECHR) on the refusal to save him the citizenship of Ukraine, said Last news his lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina.
According to the lawyer, in January this year, the Kyiv district court of Simferopol has refused the claim to FMS for recognition of the right to Ukrainian citizenship.
"Between Ukraine and Russia is no agreement on dual citizenship, for this reason Kolchenko has the opportunity to be a citizen of country pairs. Kolchenko received Russian citizenship, as the Crimea was annexed to Russia, " said Sidorkin.
in her vision, the Ukrainian activist, had violated the law on the protection of the main freedoms, the right to respect for private and family life (article 8 of the European Convention on human rights).
on Thursday, the Lefortovo court of Moscow extended Kolchenko detention until may 16. The investigation considers him an accomplice Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov, who is also in custody until eleven may.
Soon after the annexation of Crimea to Russia, the FSB announced the arrest in the Crimea members of subversive groups "the Right sector" planning terrorist acts in Simferopol, Yalta and Sevastopol. Among the arrested Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov, Alex He, Gennady Afanasiev, as well as 25-year-old Alexander Kolchenko. According to media reports, he is an activist of the Ukrainian left and the anti-fascist movement.
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