Russian Justice Ministry to respond to Kyiv's request on handover of four convicted Ukrainians in a month's time

13:05, 11.03.2016 1 min read

The Russian Justice Ministry will respond to Ukraine's inquiry on the handover of Ukrainians Oleh Sentsov, Hennadiy Afanasyev, Oleksandr Kolchenko, and Yuriy Soloshenko, who were convicted in Russia, within a month's time, the ministry press service has reported.

"The Ukrainian Justice Ministry's inquiries on the said persons were received by the Russian Justice Ministry on March 10 by fax. The time allowed for considering the documents is 30 days," the press service said in response to an inquiry from Interfax on Friday.

Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko earlier said the Ukrainian Justice Ministry had asked Russia to hand over convicted Ukrainian citizens Oleh Sentsov, Hennadiy Afanasyev, Oleksandr Kolchenko and Yuriy Soloshenko to Ukraine.