Avakov appealed to Interpol with a request to reject Russia's claim to search for Yatsenyuk
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arseniy Avakov, sent an official letter to the Secretary General of Interpol, Jurgen Stock, with a request to reject the claim of the Russian Federation to search for the ex-Prime Minister and fellow party member Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
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This is stated in a statement by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
“On April 20, 2017, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov sent an official letter to the Secretary General of Interpol Jürgen Stock. The minister’s letter sets out well-known, more than convincing facts and arguments indicating the obvious groundlessness of the accusations against Ukrainian citizen A.P. Yatsenyuk. In particular, Arsen Avakov assured the Secretary General of Interpol that Mr. Yatsenyuk had never been to Chechnya, did not participate in any armed conflicts, during the period indicated by Russian investigators he lived, studied and worked at his place of birth on the territory of Ukraine,” the statement says. message.
In addition, the letter states that such an assessment of the Russian Federation’s actions regarding Yatsenyuk, which is covered in the minister’s letter, is the official public position of Ukraine, in particular, the position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
In addition, it is reported that the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has officially appealed to all democratic countries and the European Court of Human Rights with a demand to refrain from recognizing decisions made by the Russian authorities and courts regarding Yatsenyuk.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs also noted, “The Ministry hopes that the General Secretariat and the Commission for Control of Interpol Files will take into account the position of Ukraine and prohibit the use of Interpol’s capabilities and mechanisms for the Russian-inspired political persecution of Arseniy Yatsenyuk.”
Let us remember, as PolitNavigator previously reported, a Russian court arrested Yatsenyuk in absentia.
Avakov appealed to Interpol to reject Russia's lawsuit seeking Yatsenyuk's arrest.