Kiev police qualified as hooliganism events near the office of the President of Ukraine, where during a rally on Saturday, activists doused the building with paint and tried to set fire to the doors, one participant was detained, the press service of the police said.
A rally in support of the former head of the Odessa cell of the «Right Sector»* Sergei Sternenko, who was sentenced to seven years for kidnapping, was held on Saturday. During the rally, the protesters burned flares, threw explosive packages, damaged the doors of the president’s office and doused the building with paint.
«For committing illegal actions during the rally, law enforcement officers detained one of the most aggressive participants. This is a native of the Vinnytsia region, born in 1995, who was previously prosecuted for committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 263 (Illegal handling of weapons, military supplies or explosives) Criminal Code of Ukraine. The man was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, » the police said in a statement.
The Investigation Department of the Pechersk Police Department has launched criminal proceedings under the article «hooliganism» of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for up to seven years of imprisonment.
The Primorsky district court of Odessa earlier found Sternenko guilty of kidnapping and robbery and sentenced him to seven years in prison with the confiscation of half of his property. On the same day, a rally in support of the convict was held near the office of the President of Ukraine, during which there were clashes with the police. The rally was attended by about 2 thousand people, more than 20 protesters were detained.
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