Kyiv journalist, writer and active supporter of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), Yan Taksyur, was taken to Russia as part of the exchange with Ukraine. writes about it TASS With a link to the website of the Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ).
Taxyur arrived in Russia the day after he was convicted for the article about treason. According to the website, the Kiev Shevchenkovsky Court sentenced the author to 12 years in prison.
According to the news of Spas TV channel, the author met his son at LPR.
In the Ukrainian media, Taksyur supported the canonical UOC, criticized the representatives of the schismatic Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
The journalist evaluated the criminal case against him as persecution due to opposition.
Taksyur disappeared on March 10, later learned that he was in the pre-trial detention center in Kiev. His wife made a request to international human rights organizations. She stated that her condition was critical and she did not receive the necessary help.
On 13 August, Taksyur was released on 1.2 million hryvnia bail. The author had surgery for cancer in September last year.
Yan Taksyur, a writer who previously spent time in a Ukrainian prison, I was there In Russia.