Sands: Moscow does not conduct negotiations about the exchange of prisoners of Ukrainians to Russian citizens
The President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said he was unaware Of any talks in the capital of Russia and Kiev on the exchange of prisoners in the Russian Federation Ukrainian Director and activist for 2 citizens of Russia. "I was not aware Of any negotiations," ? quoted expression Peskov RIA " Novosti ". He said that he did not know the sources of such claims and whether this information is reliable.
before in mass-media there were messages About as if the negotiations for the exchange Director Oleg Sentsov and activist Oleksandr Kolchenko on 2 arrested in Ukraine Russian citizens. 17 may, it was announced About the arrest in the village, the Happiness of the military, who called himself a Russian contract soldiers serving in the special forces: Alexander Alexandrov and Evgeny Erofeev. In the Russian defense Ministry asked them to stop the torture and release of two former soldiers. Relatives of captured Russian citizens have also confirmed that they had resigned from the army. North-Caucasian district military court has pronounced a sentence to the Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison for organizing terrorist acts in Crimea, Kolchenko sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. In may of last year, the FSB announced the arrest Of members of subversive groups "Right sector*" preparing terrorist acts in Yalta, Simferopol and Sevastopol. Among them was also a Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov. Regarding captured Oleg Sentsov, Gennady Afanasiev, Alexei Cirne, Alexander Kolchenko was prosecuted under the criminal code under part 2 of article 205 (terrorist act), part 2 of article 205. 4 (brotherhood terrorist Organization and participation in it), part 3 of article 222 (illegal circulation of firearms) of the criminal code. * Organization, relative to which a court has adopted the legally effective conclusion Of destruction or prohibition of the activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On countering extremist activity"