KYIV: A Ukrainian court on Friday ordered a former government minister detained for 60 days with no option of bail on suspicion of espousing pro-Russi...
A glow is seen over the city’s skyline during a shelling, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 28, 2022. REUTERSPIX: A Ukrainian court on Friday ordered a former government minister detained for 60 days with no option of bail on suspicion of espousing pro-Russian sentiments and committing treason.
He served as emergency services minister under disgraced president Viktor Yanukovych, who fled Ukraine after a mass uprising in 2014 that triggered Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The investigators said Shufrych had been carrying out instructions by Russian and pro-Russian officials to promote pro-Moscow policies inside Ukraine.