THE 'MUKACHEVO AVENGERS' CASE: LIFETIME IMPRISONMENT FOR THE PATRIOTS


As reports the official site of Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the employees of Central Investigation Department together with the Department of procedural management have completed a pre-trial investigation on 4 soldiers of the Right Sector Volunteer Battalion, involved in the Mukachevo incident. 

Recall, the conflict begun on July 11, 2015 in the city of Mukachevo between the soldiers of 1st battalion of the Right Sector Volunteer Corps and Mikhailo Lanyo, a local businessman and representative of Yanukovich's clan, involved in the region's smuggling trafficking. Those day the Right Sector representatives were invited to Lanyo's cottage in the city suburb for a private conversation during which the oligarch was trying to persuade the nationalists to lift the smuggling blockade at border crossing points in the Zakarpattia region. However, the meeting ended with a shootout.

Currently the actions of the suspect representatives of the volunteer military formation were qualified as criminal offenses according to the Criminal Code of Ukraine, provided in the chapter 2, article 121; chapter 2, article 125; chapter 2, article 129; chapter 2, article 194; article 257, chapters 2 and 3, article 258; chapters 1 and 2, article 263; chapter 1, article 279; chapter 4, article 345 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine the press-center of Prosecutor General Office reports.

The violation of above mentioned articles provides criminal liability in the form of life imprisonment and imprisonment for up to 15 years with confiscation of property.

Recall also, that only the Right Sector members were persecuted by the police after the shootout provoced by Lanyo's people. Worth noting that Mikhailo Lanyo, also known as "Bluck" is a representative of the regional mafia.

The 1st battalion of the Right Sector VC has participated in a number of important military operations in the occupied territories of Donbass. Its four soldiers, who had been involved into the conflict later back to the frontline and died defending Ukraine.

Also recall, that on September 18, 2015 the temporary investigative commission reported on the results of the investigation into the Mukachevo incident. The report said that the conflict was largely provoked by the actions of local authorities, the the Interior Ministry and SBU employees.

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