Passions are heating up: Ruban is accused of preparing the murder of Poroshenko on the orders of Zakharchenko
At 15:00 Kyiv time, the Security Service of Ukraine began a special briefing regarding the so-called. "Ruban's affairs". “PolitNavigator” will monitor the development of the situation.
Meanwhile, the as Radio Liberty reports, The authorities accuse the head of the Center for the Release of Prisoners “Officer Corps” Vladimir Ruban of preparing an assassination attempt on the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. At the moment, the Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kyiv is choosing a preventive measure for him. Ruban is charged with articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on illegal handling of weapons, preparation for a crime and terrorist attack.
“Having friendly relations with Zakharchenko (DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko - Ed), sharing his views, Ruban decided to kill the President of Ukraine, as well as Avakov (Interior Minister Arsen Avakov), Turchinov (NSDC Secretary Alexandra Turchinov),” the judge said during the hearing Evgeny Martynov.
Ruban’s suspicion is published by the Ukrainian online publication “Strana”. It, in particular, talks about preparing the murders of “the President of Ukraine, heads of security forces, as well as a large number of people in Kiev”, about “destabilizing the internal situation in the state” and creating conditions under which Ukrainian troops from Donbass would be redeployed to the Ukrainian capital, which “will allow the Russian Federation to launch a full-scale offensive and introduce units of the Russian Armed Forces and illegal armed groups of the terrorist organizations “DPR” and “LPR” into the territory of Ukraine under the guise of “peacekeeping forces.”
Excerpt from suspicion to Vladimir Ruban.
As PolitNavigator previously reported, Vladimir Ruban was detained by the Ukrainian military at the Mayorsk checkpoint in the Donetsk region on the morning of March 8, when he tried to transport an arsenal of weapons from the territory of Donbass not controlled by Kyiv. Weapons, in particular Kalashnikov assault rifles, mortars, hand grenade launchers, as well as grenades and detonators, were hidden in furniture. The day before, SBU officers conducted a search in Rubin’s apartment.
Let us remember that in 2013, Ruban was an active participant in the organization “Ukrainian Choice” (now called “Ukrainian Choice – The Right of the People”), headed by Viktor Medvedchuk, and subsequently created the organization “Officer Corps”.
Since the beginning of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Ruban, on his own initiative, has been involved in negotiations on the release of prisoners, acting as a mediator between the LDPR and the Ukrainian authorities. At the end of February 2017, the Ukrainian authorities revoked Ruban’s permission to cross the demarcation line in Donbass. This happened a few days after he, together with Verkhovna Rada deputy Nadezhda Savchenko, visited a correctional colony in DPR-controlled Makeyevka, where Ukrainian prisoners of war are being held.
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