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73-year-old man arrested in Ukraine for organizing «Immortal Regiment» march

02:26, 22.05.2017

On May 20, in Ukraine, a 73-year-old deputy head of the Union of Left Forces and the head of the Vinnytsia regional organization of the party, Ivan Bondarchuk, was arrested. A man is charged with ‘treason’ for organizing the «Immortal Regiment» march in the city. This was reported by the Ukrainian politician, the head of the Union of Left Forces, Vasily Volga. 

‘Yesterday, Ivan Bondarchuk was arrested. My deputy, the head of the Vinnytsia regional organization of the Union of Left Forces, a member of the Political Council of the Union of Left Forces. Seventy-three-year-old Ivan Nikolayevich was arrested for ‘treason’. He is charged with preparing a protest action against President Poroshenko. Ivan Nikolayevich is facing fifteen years in prison’.

Today, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Turchynov, said that one of the main achievements of the «Maidan» was that Ukraine would never again have political repressions. He said this in his speech on the occasion of the «Day of remembrance of the victims of political repression».

According to: Информационное Агенство Новороссия