Ukrainian police investigators have launched a preliminary inquiry into the calls for the violation of the country's territorial integrity being spread over the Internet on behalf of the Russian journalist Sergei Dorenko.
"It has been established that an article is circulating on the Internet, titled 'Sergei Dorenko: the best way for Ukraine is division,' calling for change in Ukrainian national border lines and its territory," the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on its website on Monday.
"Dorenko's actions fall under Article 110 part one of the Ukrainian Criminal Code (premeditated actions aimed at changing the internal or national borders of Ukraine in breach of the Ukrainian Constitution, as well as public calls for, or distribution of material inciting such actions)," the ministry said.
This crime carries the punishment of up to three years imprisonment.
"An inquiry is underway to identify people involved in spreading this information, and the authors of the calls bearing hallmarks of the crime," the ministry said.
