The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine called the Russian Consul, demanding to allow consular officials to convict in the Russian Federation Ukrainian Gennady Afanasyev, according to a report by the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the last working day of the week.

Foreign Ministry informs about the brutal statement with Afanasyev and the admission to it of consular officials of Ukraine. Also, according to the foreign Ministry, his health deteriorated, he was not provided with adequate emergency medical care.

According to the report, " the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine was summoned by the Consul of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine." Kiev asked in a persistent form "bestlocation admission of consular officials of Ukraine" to Afanasiev, "the verification of actions of employees of the Russian competent authorities, as well as bringing to justice those responsible for violations" of a prisoner who is a citizen of Ukraine.

first of the North-Caucasian district military court sentenced a Ukrainian Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison on charges of organizing terrorist acts in Crimea, the Ukrainian Oleksandr Kolchenko received 10 years of imprisonment. Two other figurants of this business - Alexey Chirniy and Gennadiy Afanasyev - received 7 years of imprisonment.

sections: Politics