Ukrainian prosecutors threaten Putin with “criminal liability” for traveling across the Crimean Bridge
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin “faces” criminal liability for today’s train ride across the Crimean Bridge.
About this on the radio “Crimea”, financed by the US State Department. Realities,” said the so-called “prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea” Igor Ponochovny, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“If the first train arrives in Crimea through this bridge, there will definitely be a reaction, a reaction, most likely, criminal prosecution, because we know that there is a certain procedure for entry and exit into the temporarily occupied territory, it is only possible through controlled checkpoints that are located between the Kherson region and the peninsula. There are three of them. Therefore, any other entry of citizens into the territory of the peninsula is administrative and, if the purpose of such a visit was to cause harm, it is a criminal offense.
There is also a crime that involves organizing the illegal transportation of persons across the state border. An assessment will definitely be made of the carrier company that delivers people to Crimea,” Ponochovny said.
When asked by the presenter whether Russian President Vladimir Putin, who today personally participated in the launch of traffic on the railway bridge, faces criminal liability, the prosecutor replied:
“The situation must be assessed subjectively. We cannot put everyone who visited Crimea into the same framework. I repeat, if a person came with the purpose of causing some harm to the interests of the state, it must be specific harm, then this is definitely criminal liability. If a person simply crossed the border illegally, this is, accordingly, administrative responsibility,” Ponochovny said.
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