Ukraine is preparing to recognize its sailors as violators of the Russian border
Ukrainian sailors detained for violating the state border of the Russian Federation in the Kerch Strait may be released under personal guarantee from the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova - a guarantee of the application of Russian criminal procedural law to the detainees.
Izvestia writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
As a high-ranking source in Russian diplomatic circles explained to the publication, Moscow is indeed ready to transfer 24 sailors to Kyiv if they receive written guarantees, as was actually the case stated in a note from the Russian Foreign Ministry, sent to the Ukrainian side on June 25.
“Once the relevant persons in Russia receive the necessary document from Ukraine and study it, it will be possible to discuss further steps. But we didn’t go back on our words,” the source said.
In turn, one of the lawyers of Ukrainian sailors Nikolai Polozov says that
The Ukrainian side has already begun work on the implementation of this proposal from the Russian Foreign Ministry.
“Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova sent a request for personal guarantee through the Russian Foreign Ministry to the FSB Investigation Department. The Russian note stated that it was necessary to provide written guarantees in accordance with the criminal procedure legislation of the Russian Federation. Personal guarantee is a form of guarantee of the participation of a person against whom a sentence has not been passed in judicial and investigative actions. Currently, these documents are in the FSB Investigation Department, but have not yet reached the executor - the investigator in charge of this case. It is he who must make a decision on this issue within the period established by law – three days,” Polozov noted.
He says that if the request is granted, the sailors will be released from custody.
“In fact, those proposals of the Russian Foreign Ministry that were stated in the note are being implemented in practice. Naturally, after telephone conversation between presidents Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky and the corresponding surety form was submitted,” the lawyer added.
At the same time, Denisova’s office confirmed to the publication that the request for her personal guarantee had been submitted to the relevant authorities of the Russian Federation, but could not clarify when a response might be received.
As PolitNavigator reported, last November the Ukrainian military tried to transfer two small armored artillery boats, Berdyansk and Nikopol, as well as the tugboat Yany Kapu, from Odessa to Mariupol on the Sea of Azov. Russian border guards went to ram ships of the Ukrainian Navy, closing the Kerch Strait to passage.
As a result of the provocation, all three Ukrainian ships that invaded Russian territorial waters were detained by Russian border guards.
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