The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has placed Petro Symonenko, the former head of the country’s banned Communist Party, on its wanted list on charges that he called for a seizure of power. writes about this TASSWith reference to the search database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
The former leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine was reportedly placed on the wanted list as a person “hiding from pre-trial investigation authorities.” The date of his disappearance is stated as August 19, 2023.
Simonenko is charged under Part 3 of Art. 19 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (public calls for violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power by a person who is a representative of the authorities). He faces five years in prison.
Before that the Security Service of Ukraine reported About the suspicion of Petru Simonenko.
The investigation alleges that Simonenko moved to Russia accompanied by Russian special forces and supported Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.
Ukrainian publication Klymenko Time wrote that the former leader of the Communist Party was taken from the territory of the village of Berezovka, Makarovsky district of the Kiev region. Allegedly, upon the arrival of the Russian army there, the representative of the old people met them personally and hosted them in his home.
Then, according to media reports, between March 4 and March 8, 2022, Simonenko and his relatives were taken through Russian checkpoints to Belarusian territory and from there crossed into Russia.
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