15:31 18.08.2015

Commander of Right Sector in Zakarpattia put on wanted list – Interior Ministry

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Commander of Right Sector in Zakarpattia put on wanted list – Interior Ministry

The commander of the Zakarpattia battalion of "Right Sector" volunteer Ukrainian corps Roman Stoika has been put on the wanted list, according to the website of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine.

According to the website, Stoika, who is suspected of creating a terrorist group or organization, was born in 1983 and is currently hiding from the prosecutor agencies.

According to the report, Stoika disappeared on August 17.

As reported, the Zakarpattia branch of Right Sector was led by the 32-year-old former police officer Stoika who was disciplined twice, in 2007 and 2009, while working for the force.

"In July 2009 he was dismissed from the force in accordance with Clause 64 ['professional inaptitude'] of the regulations for senior and rank-and-file police officers," the ministry's spokesperson said on Monday.

Stoika is a native of the village of Vyshkove, Khustsky District, Zakarpattia region, the ministry said. In 2007, he graduated from Uzhgorod National University. He began working as a policeman in February 2005 as a detective of the criminal investigation unit of the Uzhgorod City Police Department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Directorate for Zakarpattia region.

Stoika is "a key figure in the armed conflict in Mukacheve," the ministry said.

It was reported that a skirmish occurred on July 11 involving people close to parliamentarian Mykhailo Lanio, local police, and several Right Sector members. According to various reports, two or three people were killed and up to 14 were injured in the incident.

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